"Union Thug" wrote

As far as college; Tell your boy to do what ever he wants but stay
away from most of theses aviation colleges ESPECIALLY Embry Riddle.

You -seriously- need to work on your posting skills. I eliminated the way
you responded, so I would not be making the same mistake you did, but you
left Jay's sig lines right after the paragraph this quote (above) started.
It makes it way to easy to think that Jay wrote it.

As far as slow times go, there will be no slow times for Joe (or any other
qualified pilots) in the 5 or 6 years it will take to get him ready. They
will be trying to find trained monkeys to be pilots by then.

The fears about pensions can be said about -any- job in this day and age.
No profession is safe. That is one reason there are people funding their
own retirements.
--
Jim in NC