I dont think that the downturn will be that long term. I read a while ago about an economist that went back to the roman times, and found that every 70 odd years there is an economic downturn as every generation has to learn how to manage and respect debt. The previous one should have happened during the Regan administration. Then came the idea to manipulate interest rates as soon as there is a slowdown.
Also interesting is that ontop of my screen is an ad for airarabia-now hiring.
Remember flightstar? most of their pilots ended up overseas. prob what will happen with the Nationwide crew. I know link is desperatly short of crew.