I was laid off in November of 2002 as a 757-200 First Officer. Since then I have had a few job offers. A local FBO wanted me to fly their kingair and run the office at $1700 per month. A local flight school extended an offer of $22 per hour to conduct stage checks. A farmer offered me 30K to fly a kingair and work in the potato shed when not flying, however I am sticking to my guns. I will not accept a lessor job.

I am an experienced professional and am holding to my professional expectations. I need a job that will replace the income that I can make doing other things and permits me to maintain a satisfactory quality of life. The problem it that those kinds of jobs are getting harder to find.

My guess is that whenever an airline furloughs or laid off pilots a third will find another job, another third will take a lessor position and the remaining third will never fly professionally again. I imagine that I will be on a perpetual job search.

Skyhigh