You bet Chuck,
Like those who say they will never forget where they were, what they were doing and what the weather was like when they heard that JFK was shot, I will similarly never forget when I heard the news of C-3's demise. My first reaction was "huh?!?!?" and my second was "it could have been me too." You see, only a few months before that I was trying so hard to jump ship to C-3 because I thought that C-3 would outlive my company (I'm still working, although probably not for long). I was actually upset that they weren't calling me! I similarily knew another pilot who's friends at C-3 were (for the third time) prompting only weeks before it ceased operations-- "you sure you don't want to come over-- this may be your last chance!" And another colleague had interviewed, been accepted, and was waiting for his class date when they went Tango Uniform. I am friends with one ex-C-3 pilot who has left aviation completely.
No doubt about it, those guys have been living through bitter times and more of us are about to join them.
