With age 65 coming into effect in 5 + years, early retirements, people leaving the industry completely, Americans demanding better energy resources, car companies impacting fuel prices by mass producing cars like GMC plug in Volt starting 2010, and just the natural cyclic nature of the industry, I think that in the next 7-10 years, there should be more breathing room in this industry. You have to pick your choice of words carefully because nothing is ever guaranteed.

Now I have to add one more thing as far as flying 121 is concerned. If you ask me, I would say don’t do it. It’s not a matter of if you get laid off; it’s a matter of when you get laid off. It’s one thing to be blind-sided by life, it’s quite another to be taken by the hand, lead to the wall and shown the writings on it. Safer alternatives include cargo and fractional flying. With this horrible down turn that the industry is facing, some companies are actually making money and hiring! These are the companies one should be looking at both now and in the future no matter how great things get in the 121 world. No job in this industry is safe period, but some are very much safer than others. Past performance is a good prediction of future performance, not a guaranteed prediction of course but a pretty good one.

Just my 2 cents.