Originally Posted by
Varsity
Maybe, maybe not.
Some people returned in the 2014-2019 timeframe because the career looked promising and nearly bulletproof for the first time in 50 years.
2020 exposed that as a lie and proved that even in the greatest "shortage" times this career is very volatile and unstable. Some have seen it for what it really is and got out.
I don't know where they'd go. I've worked in a variety of industries outside of aviation over the last 20+ years and they are ALL volatile and unstable. There are no guarantees out there. If you think aviation got hit by covid and that shows aviation is weak, you might want to look at just about every other industry out there having similar struggles.
Anyone getting out of the aviation game at this point is going to miss out on the peak that is ahead of us. Demand is going to come back like a freight train and a lot of the guys who took early retirement are done. They're not coming back.