It's for their own good so they can focus on a real job. Back when I was training it was thought that you'd spend a a few years at a regional and move on to the majors in a few years. I wouldn't have wasted all that time on flying if I knew what the future would hold. Now it looks like we'll be CRJ and ERJ captains for a very long time. Plus thousands on furlough at the majors, age 65 and the economy. I'm actually seriously looking at foreign companies, my dream is not exactly to fly CRJs from ORD to Tulsa for the rest of my life. You would be crazy to get into airline flying now. You know it's bad when you have to keep telling yourself I love my job I love my job I love my job.