Caelum

I've been in aviation since 1970, grew up living near airline pilots in the '60s, guys who "lived like kings". And it just isn't so, they lived well, they were more respected, yes, but Kings? No. Even then, they weren't rich, by standards of the day.

The idea that airline pilots "in the good old days" were kings is a problem that still infects those who had no idea what it was like for them. My neighbor was #4 at EA, not a king. My best friend's dad, a DC-8 FO, later B727 and DC-10 captain, king? Nope.

GF