Historically, global crisis have hit the pilot community hard. I remember the first gulf war, AirEurope going bust and the end of several smaller uk airlines. Then, you went on the dole, spent toms of savings keeping current , and waited , in some cases, several years for the pilot job market to pick up.
Now , there are relatively few layoffs in the UK. Pilots are grounded, on decent salaries without much hardship. Companies are even keeping licences current for those affected, at no cost to the employee. Life is good . Even BA cannot go bust these days, which always happened previously.