Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
And I can't tell you how many times I have had senior guys tell me "When is ALPA going to start respecting senior guys and not kiss the *** of junior guys?"
He11 yeah! Those jr guys and all their gripping! Sure gets old. Don't they know they're lucky to be in that right seat for 20 years?
Tell me one captain of a widebody who had to do 20 years in the right seat with the company. There's your perspective.
When the situation is what it is, the senior guy who says that needs to understand the landscape has changed. I know pilots are by and large narcissist, but the guy who makes that statement you referred to needs to clue in.