God some of yous guys need to man up and stop with the crying. Do you think flying for the airlines is the only career with downturns? Yeah we start off agian and pathetic wages, but do something on the side when your a first year F/O at an airline, don't have the time? Don't apply, Dont want to commute, move, don't like the pay, dont work there. I am so sick of everyone bashing this career. For all the broke pilots I know, I also know plenty of folks over at CAL that make $190,000.00 a yera as a 73 CA, yea the pay isnt what it used to be, but believe me its like that with many industries, even the GREEDY SCUM on Wall Street won't be getting their multi-million dollar bonuses, or at least not to the exorbitant amount that they did years past. Work hard, save your money and don't let the Airline dictate your life, invest (wisely if there is such a thing), start your own business, but don't sit there and complain how the airlines "let you down"......sickening