Originally Posted by Noisecanceller

Yep, it’s a painful reality check. Historically speaking many of them probably wouldn’t have ever been here in the first place. I’m not saying their careers have to be crappy because so many of ours were but expecting to have 1500hrs and have taken your first discovery flight 2 years ago, and be making $150k in an airbus is just plain lucky. Now they can make $100k in an RJ as a fall back. Not exactly dire straights so many of us lived after 9/11 or 2008. If they don’t want to fly at night, or instruct, or fly props, or even an rj for $100k bc of the bases or whatever, well, that’s on them.