October 1, 2008
Today, 57 of my fellow pilots were let go. Let go in a crazy world of corporate greed and bailouts. A world where there are no jobs unless you want to outsource yourself overseas. I feel for them and their families, and yet I sit here crossing my fingers and praying it won’t be me next.
I have spent the whole of my adult life chasing airplanes all over this great country, so now the question has to be asked….How far am I willing to go to chase airplanes? What other skills do I possess? Should I go back to school? If so, what for? I ask myself these questions, and inevitably end up crossing my fingers and praying that at the end of the day, I will keep my job.
Andrea I’ll be thinking of you and crossing my fingers that your job is safe. The world is a crazy place right now, isn’t it? My hope for you is that you get to keep chasing airplanes all across our crazy country.
Comment by Melanie — October 1, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
Oh, Andrea. I can’t stand this. We need the best flying for us. Caring for us in the air and on the ground. And that would be you. I’ll be chanting for you and your colleagues. Take care. And thanks for chasing the planes, helping the rest of us get where we hope or need to be.
Cheers,
SAM
Comment by SAM — October 2, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
You’re a pilot.
I refuse to believe that the industry has gotten so bad that you have absolutely no place to go. It might not be a step forward, or even a step laterally. But it’s out there, and it’ll get you through the rough times until there’s some recovery and you can move forward again.
There are a lot of people out there trying to be pilots in a struggling industry. You *are* a pilot.
There’s a difference. And that difference will get you through this.
Comment by kojack — October 2, 2008 @ 11:34 pm