JB - As Waco says can't see much change until Winter although the outlook for any redundant Gill Staff looks bleak. If any charter airlines have any positions they will probably manage until the winter, and therefore on reduced staff until Summer 02.
The only positive view i can think of is that the Pilot community will hopefully be a bit more company minded than perhaps they normally are (some of waco's lot springs to mind). Up until recently its been a Pilot market but since the aweful 11/9 this is no longer, they can no longer guarentee there is another job in A N OTHER airlines for them. After all we love the working day, the power it gives us, but most of all we love our pay cheque at the end of the month. Ops and Crewing bods have always been aware of that, Crew - not always.
One last note, Operation Desert Storm started on 15th January, ILG (Air Europe) collapsed March 8th.
