Shady,
Really? My experience is that commercial companies are very hard-nosed about getting rid of people who don't shape up to their expectations. So how many ex-airships can you name who've had the chop relatively soon after making the move to a civvy firm? Bet it's a lot less than the ones I can name who seem to have done rather well.
I'm not air rank and never will be, but I get fed up with the constant drone on this site about how anyone higher than flt lt is de facto an idiot and out for themselves whatever the cost to others.