Funny old world.....
When I started flying commercially back in the early 90's, the most unlikely prospect for long-term pilot employment was probably a job with the Air Ambulance. Today, while the charter market seems pretty much on its ass, the offshore oil industry threatened by exploration cutbacks and the price of oil tanking, and the Police ASU's being decimated, the cash-rich AA's seems to be by far the best bet for a comfy, long- term chair. Who'd have seen that one coming?