Originally Posted by JetJock16

Airlines are running 85+% full, yes there isn't room for new airlines but there sure won't be much of a reduction. Airline travel is still the safest and by far the most efficient form of travel and that won't change. Unless you figure out how to teleport. Your negative outlook is unfounded. What will happen is the weak will get brought out by the strong and then will become streamlined. Ex. SKW & ASA, AWA & US Airways and it won’t stop here.

As far as “out on our asses,” 30-35% of commercial airline pilots must retire by 2011, that's way more vacancies than I think you understand. With less than 130K total airline pilots in the industry (includes Fractionals, 135, Cargo, 121 Major & 121 Regional) that 35-40K retirees. Plus with pilot training at an all time low & less military pilots than ever, the "written is on the wall!" Even if there is a reduction of flying, you can’t reduce that much because airlines have less than 15% of their seats available and with what you are saying we’ll have to have a 35+% reduction.

What you say would be true but only if two things happened. 1) No pilots retired. 2) A huge reduction in fling.

I'll tell you where you don't want to be, you don't want to get hire after mid 2010. The US pilot group will be so young that there won't be any movement for you. And those pilots will be the ones furloughed. As for as the rest of us, get to your strong airline of choice as fast as you can, because the movement is about to blast off. The faster you get there the further up the totem pole you'll climb and that’s job safety.

To all pilots, DON'T LISEN TO SKYHIGH, his opinion is unfounded!!!!! Do your research, unlike Skyhigh!

These are just facts.