For whatever it's worth, we had a situation at Cheesy Airlines here in 2004 similar to what you guys are going through...however it was only for about a year and a half. The knock off effects are still being felt through the system now. What we learned...money isn't everything and you can't maintain this tempo indefinitely without side effects....including family life. We had one guy down for over a year with a near cardiac, now he's got a stent. Another sim instructor in hospital because of too many hours in the box being scheduled and no replacement, he went until he dropped. Off flying work for six months. It just ain't worth it. Now that we are back to normal and the guys are spending more time at home, all of a sudden, we've got a miniature baby boom. Lots of us are pushing baby carriages
. And lots of us are also looking for other jobs, things are looking a little dicey with this fast and convoluted expansion.
might have to go elsewhere to make a living but looking at all the contributions gives me the heeby jeebies and a wilting willy.
