The direction the airlines, including the RJ's, are headed today is upsetting many of us pilots. The QOL, pay, benefits and all the other haggles are taking it's toll and many are leaving aviation forever because of this. In your opinion, or even presented facts, what would you say was the best time period to be working for the airlines and would you like to bring that time period back to todays airlines? 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, etc? Do you think that time period could serve as a good model for today's scum bag CEO's to learn from?

Me personally, I would bring back the 70s. The standards seemed to be much higher then across the board for customer service, FA's, FO's, FE's and Captains. Pay, benefits, QOL all seemed so much better in that time period. From what I gather, the 70s was the most fun pilots ever had in the industry. The 80s didn't seem so bad either with the exception of Eastern and Braniff. Ok, your turn! Let's hear it!