Stay with it Goose, I have lived your nightmare, and I feel your pain. I really do. A buddy of mine today (he's @ AA and we commuted on the same plane to work) was pretty convinced there will be some retirements and hiring soon at AA. He was saying there are 600 guys reaching 63 in the next year - they can leave at a moments notice, they have their retirement, etc. There's a new chief for the pilot ranks too? Talk of AA flying EMB-195's vs the commuters... Not sure. You may be better off very soon if you wanted to go back off furlough/leave. Ha! These are pilot rumors though. You well know how much weight to give those.

Thomas, I used to be a Director of Operations at a corporate flight department - also a Director of Ops at a charter operation (uuuugh). The two places could not be different. There are some very good corporate flight departments out there and the best thing about corporate flight operations is you can take your resume with you and step into a better job, often not starting over like the airlines. I often miss corporate flight ops, I really enjoyed it. Problem with Netjets is that it has the seniority thing - you start at the bottom and it's a very mature operation. Slow progression, like the airlines have been in the last 10 years. Netjets does have good points for sure too... but opportunity can be like an oasis or mirage. Chase one but if another happens by, don't pass up a water hole! It might be the next thing guys are running to, when the mirage out there on the horizon vanishes. I think the airlines are prepping for some movement finally, though. All right I've said enough, sorry to ramble. Best of luck to all my RC jet buds in "full size" aviation la-la land, we all need each others' help.