Yeah it really sucks to have to go back to the bottom of the pile. I wish there was a way to earn pilot pay consummate with one's experience level, but this is what the glorious unions have given us. SKW is a good company, they are in a good position in this lean time. I only hope that they don't bite off too much and go under.

We really do have all of our eggs in two baskets (I understand that the Midwest stuff is operating at a loss) so diversifying into CAL and Airways when MESA eats it will help us to weather the looming United shut down. Hopefully there will not be too much loss of capacity in these next years and we can all remain employed. The next year or two will make or break a lot of our future careers in the cockpit.