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Agreed, WWW. Civil Aviation is not going to recover soon, if ever. It will still exist, but not in the way it has been in the 80's, 90's, and early noughties.
The way the world's shaping, a job as a military pilot may be the best route to getting paid for flying an aircraft. And maybe also getting paid for shooting at aircraft and being shot at! (I'm not being flippant).
I wish I didn't believe in what I have written. Hopefully I am utterly wrong. Time will tell.