flyitup
Well-Known Member
After a long day at work, I crawled into my truck to head home and shortly thereafter heard the news of the seemingly imminent war with Iraq. I turned the radio off and began to ponder the likely negative ramifications that a war would most certainly bring to the aviation industry.
I certainly feel for the many, many people who must be worried about the possibility of losing their jobs, but what does this mean for those of us who are just in the infancy of our training? Well, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to figure that one out. I believe we will see a domino effect take place in the aviation industry just as it did after 9/11, only to a worse degree. Meaning if thousands more pilots are laid off, there will no doubt be a stand still in hiring for every possible flying job from airlines to corporate and on through CFI’s. However, as Doug and some of the more senior guys have mentioned, the industry has been through this before, more than once in fact, and it WILL be on the upswing eventually. Until that happens all we can do is keep our heads up and our attitudes optimistic.
Doug,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, and the other members of the Jetcareers squad for making this wonderful website possible.
In these times of definite uncertainty and adversity in the aviation industry I feel that Jetcareers.com and the fantastic members within, serve as a vital life line that keeps us all motivated and excited about flying.
Blue skies and tailwinds to all…
Ryan
I certainly feel for the many, many people who must be worried about the possibility of losing their jobs, but what does this mean for those of us who are just in the infancy of our training? Well, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to figure that one out. I believe we will see a domino effect take place in the aviation industry just as it did after 9/11, only to a worse degree. Meaning if thousands more pilots are laid off, there will no doubt be a stand still in hiring for every possible flying job from airlines to corporate and on through CFI’s. However, as Doug and some of the more senior guys have mentioned, the industry has been through this before, more than once in fact, and it WILL be on the upswing eventually. Until that happens all we can do is keep our heads up and our attitudes optimistic.
Doug,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, and the other members of the Jetcareers squad for making this wonderful website possible.
In these times of definite uncertainty and adversity in the aviation industry I feel that Jetcareers.com and the fantastic members within, serve as a vital life line that keeps us all motivated and excited about flying.
Blue skies and tailwinds to all…
Ryan