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07-15-2008 | 06:26 PM
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07-15-2008 | 07:35 PM
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I'm guessing that there will be a structural change in the industry among the surviving airline(s). You just won't have the opportunity to fly like you can today, as prices will eventually have to catch up with costs. Which will price many pax out of the market.
07-15-2008 | 09:51 PM
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Historically speaking, very few made the trip. Not so very long ago - the mid 80's - a vacation in Australia or Asia was unheard of. Even a European vacation was a "Once in a Lifetime Event". The 90s were boom times in the US - real wages were up - oil was at historic lows - deregulation worked in as much as consumer cost to fly dropped - so a Bali or Bangkok vacation was de rigeur.
I'm guessing that there will be a structural change in the industry among the surviving airline(s). You just won't have the opportunity to fly like you can today, as prices will eventually have to catch up with costs. Which will price many pax out of the market.
I'm guessing that there will be a structural change in the industry among the surviving airline(s). You just won't have the opportunity to fly like you can today, as prices will eventually have to catch up with costs. Which will price many pax out of the market.
I guess that will mean our travel benefits will become worth something again!
07-16-2008 | 03:21 AM
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if you have the fire burning within you for this profession,just do it, you will find a way,if i listened to everybody when i first started out i'd still be a private pilot,and try to to enjoy it all,even the dues paying years,i treasure my formative years behind the well worn yoke of the DC-3,in a freightdog cockpit, ultimately ,it is all good !
07-16-2008 | 05:50 AM
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As you can see, there are many viewpoints out there. Most of them driven by personal experience of one type or another (layed off once, layed off twice,Long upgrades, pay cuts etc.)
If you choose to chase the airline brass ring, be ready for a very rocky road.
The future industry will be very different from what you see now.
I think also it depends on who you are working for. If you work for a good company that appreciates it's employees, then you are lucky indeed!
If you work for a bad company, prepare to be miserable for a long time.
Bad companies have a way of taking the enjoyment out of your job.
I, for one, love flying the jet. I just can't stand the company I work for!
Best of luck and be forwarned.
If you choose to chase the airline brass ring, be ready for a very rocky road.
The future industry will be very different from what you see now.
I think also it depends on who you are working for. If you work for a good company that appreciates it's employees, then you are lucky indeed!
If you work for a bad company, prepare to be miserable for a long time.
Bad companies have a way of taking the enjoyment out of your job.
I, for one, love flying the jet. I just can't stand the company I work for!
Best of luck and be forwarned.
07-16-2008 | 10:07 AM
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