Originally Posted by wizepilot

Do NOT try to drive the nail in the coffin of General Aviation. It still is and always will be the heart and soul of all of aviation in this country. Tell me you didn't learn to fly through General Aviation. After 36 years in aviation, I still hold high hopes (naivete abounds!) that things will get better and turn around. I always wanted to be an airline pilot, got my chance two years ago (RAH), then quit because the dream got kind of erased by the way things are today. I am very happy staying in GA and do not regret the decision to resign from RAH when I did. 121 flying today is NOTHING like what it was when I first learned to fly (1973). Sorry for the rant, but I still hold on to a little piece of that dream.