Free Flyer,

What of it? I'm a 55 year old 320 FO and have I've been flying 121 for 28 years. I've got over 10,000 hours of 121 PIC in both turbo shakers and Boeing AC. BFD! Flying as Captain is great from a paycheck perspective but it doesn't amount to squat from a professional one.

This industries machinations have derailed the career path of thousands of pilots with far more substantial quals than mine. Pretty unseemly for you to besmirch older pilots behind you on the SLI just because the industry have dealt them a lousy hand. Suggest you re-read "Hard Landing" by T. Petzinger and temper your commentary with some historical perspective. Your future F/O's may appreciate it.

petzinger - hard landings - AbeBooks

I used to fly with ex PAN AM and TWA pilots who were flying the tracks when I was sucking a binky. I once had an Eastern WB Captain as my F/O. I never once impugned their career by their age or lack of a fourth stripe.

Sorry for the vitriol and flying spittle, the but reading some of the recent tripe here by the "grow a pair" crowd (MEL APU over the Amazon) has raised my hackles. Battles already fought and won have been micturated upon by some and it really chaps my rectal region.