Right now there are a bunch of guys who are laid off from shutdown airlines who are married and on the street. Most of them are older and have families. The choices they have are not that great. Most of the better airlines are not hiring right now and, it could be years before things really get going again.

The guys in Hawaii will either have to move to the states or take a job with the company that closed them down. In any case they will have to start over at less than a third of what they were making, at the bottom of the list and most likely have to move.

My guess is that at least half will never fly again. Perhaps they should be told to buck up and stop crying when the going gets a little tuff? To them this isn't just a little ruff patch but career Armageddon. Some here would like to suggest that furloughs and shutdowns are a normal and acceptable part of this profession. It is difficult to understand how devastating these "ruff" spots are until you are the one who is trying to support a growing family on a thin unemployment check and little hope.

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