Originally Posted by AirWillie

Aviation is a losers job. I mean it's a business based on selling something worth $2 for $1. Prior to deregulation, people were making bank and it was the norm to live the life because my previous sentence didn't apply. Many will say that Qol was doomed after deregulation because that's when the airlines adopted the dog eat dog way of business. Yes airlines still did pay well but at the same time they were losing money. 9/11 ultimately screwed everyone and it ultimately sealed the deal with the destruction of airline qol. 9/11 also quadrupled the regional business. Now there is too much competition with catastrophic gas prices. Therefore we are now left with petty regional pilots rambling on public forums about the injustice of the business, that's all we can do. Nothing has been done the last 20 years, why change now?