Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
When everyone stagnates or the combination of an age change with a major recession causes furloughs you’ll have a bunch of laid off pilots telling young people to do something besides being a pilot which is exactly why we have a pipeline problem now.
"Son you should join the military or look into ATC"
I can't tell you how many times I heard that as a wet ink CFI back during the '08 debacle. To be honest I would have very likely left the industry altogether had I not been medically DQ'd from military service.