Hell, my wife recently complained that I buy more dinners out for the crew each week than I do for her....I told her...and she actually understands, that it is part of "the cost of doing business"....kinda like belonging to the O'club.....you just do it and don't think about it. I'm a six year Capt and nothing's changed in the past year.

I think most of the young Captains realize how good they have it and probably "pay it forward"....particularly because they are cognizant of how many more years they have on property. It is a long time to live down a bad reputation.

I have actually seen the that the cheapest guys were....crotchety old purple guys, followed by retired 0-6's. The most generous.....the silver guys by a mile.