Originally Posted by TOGALOCK

Nobody is blind to the situation or “has their head in the sand”. We all see what you see and are well aware that this could get messy. If it will or not is yet to be seen and those hard set that it will are working off pure emotion and speculation. History suggests that things probably aren’t going to turn out as horrible as some say that it will. We all know there are rough waters ahead. You running around screaming like your hair is on fire, telling us we’re all blind because we’re not doing the same thing, and saying how we’re all doomed doesn’t make you the smart one - It just makes you the hysterical one. I’ve had two careers in my life. In both of which, especially my last one, self preservation and making sure I went home every night was reliant on keeping a clear head and not letting emotions get the best of me during a crisis, regardless of physical or emotional stress at the time. A quality pilots *should* have, but many clearly demonstrate that they don’t. Jumping ship this early in the game without any real facts about the future is a knee jerk emotional response.

There is uncertainty everywhere in the industry right now. If you want to start over and go to the bottom of a 14000 pilot seniority list at a company that’s hiring far more pilots than they need to simply fill retirements while burning $10 million per day in the middle of skyrocketing oil prices, increasing interest rates, inflation, a teetering economy, and the start of an international conflict… you be my guest. I, along with others who aren’t afraid of their own shadow, will strap in for the ride ahead and abandon ship if necessary when the actual facts of the situation, not speculation and emotion, dictate that it’s time.