Originally Posted by
BobbyLeeSwagger
Contracts come and go. We might get Delta + or maybe everyone will be subject to concessionary contracts in 2 years when Michael Burry's doomsday comes. I don't have to explain what a crapshoot this industry is on this board. But the fact is that you can't get those numbers back once they're gone.
Remember Kit Darby? In late 90’s he ran a “get hired” type magazine/consulting biz that was telling military pilots to leave up till yr 18 (pension didn’t start unless you made it to 20).
By all available spreadsheets I’m sure they were right. Then suddenly 9/11 and airline recession, 3 to 2 pilot cockpits, airline BK and consolidations, age 60to 65 and voila all those advice/spreadsheets were bunk.
I know of three military pilots personally who left at year 16+, No one starved but Darbys advice was a career Trojan horse for them.