You are right Roger. I appologize if I sounded like I was trivializing the whole trade but 1&2 family is certainly getting dumbed down so that it really doesn't take 5000 hours to learn the day to day.
Big commercial is definately a different situation but with so much industry pushing offshore I am not sure how many folks they will need. When you look at things like GM talking about screwing employees out of their health care, pension plans being abandoned and airlines demanding that pilots have to take pay cuts, I am not sure simply working for a big company is any guarantee that you will keep getting fair compensation. IBM just sent letters to a bunch of retirees saying they made a mistake and that calculator you used to predict your pension check was wrong. They are adjusting your check to the "correct" lower amount. They were supposed to be the best company for benefits, job security and pensions.
