Funny how you-all pilots get distracted from the main theme!! Didn't they teach you that when getting distracted flying yr aircraft should be your top priority????
B4 Sept 11th, we all went thru a very worrying period, no freight, no charters and much to worry. Atlas, Polar Air both parked the freighter babies in the sand dunes building sand castles. Then came Sept 11th, Massive backlog in cargo which is now fading away only to find ourselves in the post Christmas rush. Regretably, there isn't any christams rush and little in sight. Cargo is not as badly hit as pax, however if there is a reccession, likely that imports/exports will go down as well. Just wait and see what Jan/February will be like .... you'll be engraving your names on the rubber of your landing gears.
If I were you, I'd harass the low cost airlines who can only advantage from the circumstances and if making a PA scares you, suggest you join the Sabena striking pilots.
The higher you get-the higher you get