No matter what the future of aviation will be very different from its past. Our industry has gone through a massive upheaval over the last 8 years. Where the chips fall no one really knows.

I don't think that anyone should count themselves out nor should anyone think that they have got it made either. There will be jobs in the future and if a pilots only concern is to be able to fly a plane then I don't think that they have anything to worry about. However if you want to be able to preserve a family life and financial security then that is another matter entirely.

If you are young and unattached then you had better hope that wages continue to fall and working conditions to deteriorate, because there are thousands upon thousands of experienced pilots on the sidelines who will materialize out of the woodwork to rejoin the industry if conditions improve.

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