As a former midwest guy, I feel lost like the original poster, if I knew what would have happened to me in this industry i don't know if I would have started,but then again, where is the fun in not knowing if you're gonna lose your job or not?
MD80's were nice, 717's were a little nicer, everytime I feel im losing faith in ALPA I just put on my lanyard, and it all feels ...better!