Originally Posted by gtechpilot

I thought I had a great back-up: I'm and engineer with years of experience in the field....right now I can't even find entry level job openings!

And yes, I have sat Ready Reserve a lot lately - on three separate occasions I heard senior captains speaking loudly enough for anyone to hear that we needed to let more go so that they wouldn't have to go back to flying guarantee again this fall. I was near enough to toss a sarcastic barb at one but he wasn't interested in engaging to world around him so it fell on deaf ears.