Reply #10: What deregulation did for me.

[trof]

It cost me about six years of my career.
Three furloughs...layoffs.

We were union, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), and hired and laid off by seniority.
Last to be hired were the first to go when the economy dumped, or when deregulation hit us.
That's a fair enough system, but it can sure fuck up your life.
When your airline needed more pilots, you were called back again, in seniority.

I sure learned to be a survivor and NOT bank on the future.