Mxsmanic wrote:
Blanche writes:
Most of us (actually, I'd estimate 99.9% of us here) have worked
and saved and made choices in order to fly.

Most of you have not been wiped out and deprived of employment by
economic changes, either.

Let's see...

Company #2 - no longer exists
Company #3 - went bankrupt
Company #4 - very little exists and they changed the business
and most of us were forced to leave
Company #5 - what a laugh (Digital Equipment)
Company #6 - hid in grad school for 3 years because there were no
jobs
Company #7 - Contract only lasted 18 months
Company #8 - local office pretty much shut down, I was offered
St. Louis, but I decided I'd rather be unemployed in
Colorado than in St. Louis.
Company #9 - State of Colorado job - major cutbacks, and I was a newbie
Company #10 - their contract ended, they didn't get renewed, we're
all looking for new work
Company #11 - soon, I hope. I'm actively looking.

Yes, I've been deprived of employment far too many times...I don't
even worry about it anymore.