Mafae . . . historically, the reality is that a pilot with the B74 TR will always be hired before a pilot without the B74 TR.
The general downturn in global cargo traffic is not uniform. There are always niche markets. Asians don't stop eating imported Australian beef; and Australians don't stop eating asian rice. And women don't stop wanting and buying roses [from South America] and tulips [from Holland]. People don't stop living during a global recession.
With the decline in oil prices, the cargo of alternative energy products [wind generators and photovoltaic cells] again is replaced with oil drilling equipment. Because oil is significantly cheaper than alternative energy.
If your automobile generator goes on vacation you don't stop driving your car, do you? You'll probably go to the shop and buy one; and the shop owner restocks the shelf with a replacement unit, delivered via UPS or FEDEx.
The shop owner saves inventory cost by stocking only one unit, because it's cheaper to get a replacement unit delivered next day than stocking five units on a shelf for months or years.
If ever you go to Hong Kong's cargo ramp, you'll see it packed with 74s and you wouldn't know that a global recession is on.