I've been reading posts by the PPRUNE world economic experts predicting the end of the Japanese aviation industry for over 7 years now, if it wasn't SARS it was the tension with North Korea, then the economical downturn in 2008, then the JAL bankruptcy, the political turmoil that had Japan changing prime ministers more than some change underwear, now the tensions with China. On the mean time, all the airlines are growing, the loads of both passengers and cargo are very good, even JAL is paying sign in bonuses to the pilots they fired to get them to come back and the word around the watering holes is that they will hire expats again early next year. Do all these situations I mentioned had an impact? Of course, but all have been transient in nature.
If you want to argue that the jobs at SKY and JetStar are to be avoided because they are just !!!!ty jobs, that has merit. But if the argument is that the end is near, I look forward to your episode of "Dooms day preppers"
