On the bright side, I kinda feel like Comair did me a favor. They effectively saved me from working there for 10 years and possibly wasting my time. I feel bad for the 7-8 year guys that have to go back to the right seat with indefinite upgrade times now, and then if Comair goes under, thats 8 years at a regional wasted. I feel like the furlough saved me from wasting another year at Comair to just get kicked to the curb when they close the doors.

Clearly, I don't think Comair will be able to bounce back after this. To me it looks like they are slowly liquidating the airline, until no one will notice when they just pull the plug.

I'm going to look at applying to Mesaba or Compass (since they're the only other regionals hiring), and possibly flight instructing again, or if I'm lucky a descent corporate job, or move onto a different career all together, maybe ATC.

But giving up on the airlines is easier said then done. I recently did my recurrent MV/LOE and during it I realized how much I love the job. The company and the career kinda suck, but I really like job. I hope I can find something else that will make me just as happy.

Maybe I should change my name from HopefulHarry to DownerDebbie lol.