I'm wondering how long you've been in the industry? Yeah, right now this job is looking pretty gloomy, I'd definitely agree. I got out of college in '94 and couldn't get a job as a flight instructor anywhere in a 3 state radius. American Eagle J31 FO competitive times were 3500 and 1500 multi. ASA wanted 11,000 for training. Delta, AMR, etc. had over 10% of their pilots furloughed. I thought things would never improve. After 9/11 I thought when I had 3 people on board a transcon 767 and I had a crash axe in my lap, that people would never fly and things would never improve. This is a cyclical business, we are in a nasty place right now. If you stick with it, you've still got a shot if and when the industry stabilizes, the old guys retire, etc. It sucks being away from your family, but I feel I can give them as much quality time in 15 days, than my neighbors give theirs in 30. The guys I know that quit aviation in '94 to do whatever, came back in the late 90's with low time and were kicking themselves. Good luck