chrisreedrules

If you want to fly, then fly. This industry has ALWAYS been like this. Always has, always will. There is a reason that being successful in aviation is much more about timing and luck than anything else. And we are one of the very first industries to feel the shifting winds of economic change. The business model of anything aviation-related requires monstrous month-to-month operating costs. Much more so than many other businesses. So it’s only natural that things like what we are experiencing now have a big effect on the business.

My advice is save save save. Have a budget for what you will do making half of what you make now and how long you can last. And have a budget for making zero money and see how long you can go. Once that zero income budget leaves you with enough savings to last a full year you should be just fine. Get in where you fit in. If what we’re seeing now is too uncomfortable for you then don’t. Because it will likely get worse.

JasonR

I just noticed want ads for both FOs and FAs. Seems like the consensus is that all hiring and training is on hold. Anyone have any insight?

Slow2Final

Probably an old ad. They sent home new-hires that were still in training a little while back.

Jdub2

Glad to hear you still have a job brother, good call on holding off quitting!!

NeoPilott

Thank you! My wife lost her job last week, including both of my parents....and I lost my part time job as well....Glad my full time job allows me to work from home, would sure suck to have the whole family sitting at home without jobs.

I will definitely re-assess when things get back to normal, as of now it looks like it may take some time.. Stay safe and healthy!!

ChemtrailArtist

You are gonna hear discouraging words especially at a time like this, understandably so. I mean you’ve come this far so flying professionally is obviously something you want to do for a living and I would imagine it’s gonna take more than a few salty replies on this forum to stop you (at least one would hope).
Ultimately, sooner or later, you will find yourself back in ground school and likely you will be kicking yourself should you end up guzzling from that fire hose with limitations and random numbers coming out of your ears when you could have given yourself a leg up in training with all this spare time you have.
I would dedicate some of that time not spent fretting over the news, watching Netflix or pacing around the room going nuts going over limitations, memory items, flows, callouts and profiles.
I mean it’s not like they’re gonna surprise you with a different aircraft type so long as you’re at PSA.
You’ll thank yourself come that time where you have to do things like study for a systems test and there aren’t enough hours in the day to go over flows/callouts too.
Best of luck, hang in there, you’ll see things will work out.

JayBee

Yeah that ^^^

Do something like -

Monday practice flows

Wednesday practice limitations

Friday review systems

Rest of the days - relax

Nemack85

On climbto350 the PSA ad is dated April 17

ZeroTT

on autopilot. Not hiring

Happyflyer

Does anyone think PSA will furlough heavily, and consolidate bases. Then recall into a new base or consolidated bases as needed?