Originally Posted by
Hetman
So these nastybad captains are holding you back, are they? Bastards! They should take a huge pay cut, go back to commuting, go back to working weekends and holidays, go back to reserve and go back to minimum days off to make room for you at the top. It's the right thing to do.
Roger Waters once asked:
Welcome to the real world, Sunshine.
When I quit RAH I had in over 11 years and was at 126 on the seniority list. I took the huge pay cut and everything else and not a day goes by I don't congratulate myself for bailing out of that flying circus. My reasons for leaving were many. Not included on that list, however, was the imperative to vacate some whiney-butt FO'S throne
You haven't attempted to raise a family for 6 years on FO pay have you? You haven't tried to stay married, double legging it to reserve while holding eleven days of during that period either.
I bet you were not furloughed during the worst recession in recent history and your health insurance doesn't reduce your take home pay by 30%. I bet you didn't spend six years, trying to stay sane in overcrowded crashpads while stressing over that $600 interest payment.
Many of us did. I'm not whining, I know I can handle anything life will throw at me. I'm smarter, more skeptical, and less receptive to bull****. Right is right, wrong is wrong, and i'm getting ready to cash in on my dues.
As a pampered product of the early 00's, you shouldn't accuse a senior RJ FO of being a whiner. Chances are that he has been beat down, hardened and learned how to deal with guys like you. You will soon fly with them.
Welcome to a generation who has indeed experienced life.