I understand you can look back at 9-11 and say..' well it wasn't so bad' as a pilot around at the time ....it WAS!!!
You tell me the all the airlines returned to profit within 12 months but that was a rough 12 months for all
the AL cadets,
Gill air,
Swissair,
Crossair,
Sabena,
DAT,
aer littoral
National Jet Italy pilots
( sorry if I spelled you old company wrong !!!)
who either saw their contracts canceled or company's gone bust within that 12 months.
Also I know for a fact many of the companies which did survive cut salaries by up to 50 % and have never raised them to pre 9-11 levels.
For many pilots the new millennium was tough both professionally and personally with the market only recovering in the last two years to face another recession now again .... NIGHTMARE!!!
