Originally Posted by
Roadkill
Indeed good words scambo. The problem with Internet sport-bi!ching is it doesn't convey a laugh and wink at the end too well. Indeed my situation in life is relatively great to most folks' and I'm happy and thankful for it daily. Enjoy my job and trips both. Live comfortably within means.
All that said I do still like to ensure awareness of what stagnated reality means for guys at the bottom of the pyramid for 12 years. Dalad does put it well (though of course Denny crane isn't the right tgt). My goal is not really complaining it is education and awareness training for TA future voters. I fly with guys ALL the time who say "oh you'll be a capt in 2-3 years we're about to hire like crazy. ". They have no idea what real retirement or possible hire numbers are and they just flat out don't believe me. They're the voting block I worry about. Hey it's a hobby man!
After I got hired about 1700 were hired after me. Then they furloughed 540 after Mo Ron did his ego fulfilling furlough in 92. I sat on the right seat of the 88 for five years then got 727B in 95. Went to the Training Dept as a 727B instructor and got my rating. Went back to the line as a 727A in NYC (those were my most fun years at DAL, sometimes with2 new hires to keep me out of trouble). Moved to 73NA after that, then backpedalled to the left seat of the 88. Went back to 73NA, the ERA in NYC. I have been blessed and couldn't even start to fathom how the "lost generation" feels even though I fly with many of them. It really has been a doo doo sandwich for them. This career is such a crap shoot, and a roll of the dice. If I had accepted an earlier class at NWA I would have been about 1500 numbers junior now. So go figure. My hat goes off to the lost generation because most of them show up for work with a great attitude.