I totally concur with retire 2015. I too have lost my jet job in the recession, but have taken something else that was available due to previously working through instructing, charter etc (and actually find it more rewarding than the jet). I never bought a TR, and guess that the lesson is that purchasing such might seem a useful bypass of the more traditional route on the way up, but doesn't help as much on the way down during an industry downturn. I wish you well, but know of many good guys in the same boat, and suggest you forget the shiny jet sob story, or the conspiracy against me stuff, and look for ANYTHING that pays.