Yes I often do think about this too....

I saw that Monarch Air group was looking for Beech 18 pilots, that Four Star was looking for DC3 pilots, Air Tahoma was looking for Convair Pilots, Another freight company in St. Croix was also looking for Convair Pilots.

True by the border seems to work, in thoes place that the world seems to rush past, leaving piles of airplane parts spread across the ramp like a kids toy box, where parts are not ordered but rather picked from the pile aside the hanger, you will find radial engine flying jobs.

The romantic job, where you are appreciative and one with the history of the airplane, what could be better? that is where the problem lies. The world has passed these operators by, opting not for better service and improvements in the operation but using the cast away left-overs of others to squeze the last few dollars out of a 40,000 lb historical monument to technology before it too must be parked in corrozion row at Opa Locka. The business moto of we can do it cheaper, rather than better has been adopted by many freight companies operating these beautiful romantic aircraft. Using history to make a buck, quite possibly there may be a reason that we dont see these beautiful old girls with purple and brown paint schemes.

I do wonder if many pilots in the 1950's wished upon the Ford Trimotor's engine on the nose, corogated aluminium skin and wicker seats as the way to go, or were they content in thier DC7's ?