Originally Posted by
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The scope of that could be opened. There are good airline jobs (relatively), and bad airline jobs for the people employed. There are good corporate jobs and bad corporate jobs for those employed. There are good fractional jobs, and not so good fractional jobs.
For those in the good category, they will probably stay where they are, and realistically they have less to really complain about.
Sadly, those in the bad/not so good category don't have many options open to them right now of getting a better job.
Agree with all of the above - and again - those are just the passenger or cargo carrying jobs. There are different types of aviation jobs out there that don't involve P121/135 also that people enjoy. then of course there is the aviation experience that doesn't even involve flying for hire.As someone else mentioned on the thread I think - fly around for fun in a Citabria or Cub. As bad as the **business** of aviation is right now. I don't think it was accurate to advise someone to run away from AVIATION.
I'll tell you what though - this site, this forum, has opened my eyes much wider. I was never really consdiering the airline route myself as a second career, but after coming to this site to learn more about the business side of aviation - commercial aviation - I'm sure that I won't be finding myself flying 121 anytime soon! I like the saying that goes - " [airline] flying is a wonderful job and a lousy career".
There are very few jobs out there I will be considering soon and if none of those opportunities bear fruit then I'll be taking the advice of many on this thread and looking for a well paying *desk* job of some sort that will aloow me to feed the flying bug with weekend trips and sight-seeing!
USMCFLYR