How can anyone project anything further than a day or two in advance in this industry. I don't mean that in a pessimistic way. It's just way too dynamic to say what it's going to be like in 15-20 years from now. Anything that could occur more than 10 years from now and could possibly benefit you should never be part of your equation in success.

Don't give management that kind of satisfaction in banking on something that might happen 10 years down the road when all those guys running your business are set to retire on their golden parachute before you ever get to that point.

I'm not saying to give up at all but work even harder at trying to have a plan B. That way you don't have to rely on being a pilot to pay back all those stupid loans.

5 years from now doesn't look all that great for me so I had to start my own business. Yeah it's a lot of work but it keeps my mind of the constant turmoil in aviation and I have a pretty good chance on paying my loans off before I have to retire.

Being a pilot is what it is. So if you don't like being furloughed you are going to have to change something else as we have no real control over what happens in the industry. We are too diversified.