Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
20 years ago, you didn't see "commuter" airline pilots in their 40s with 15+ years of seniority and 5000-10,000 hours of flight time. You didn't have two recessions, an oil crisis, and a change in the retirement age working against them getting "real" jobs.
Do you propose that all of these RJ pilots should have just put of their lives on hold for a decade, hoping for a chance to grasp the brass ring?
Rather than pilots expecting an industry to adapt to their lifestyle, I see pilots desperately trying to cope with a changing industry that becomes more and more slanted toward the top 1% every day. Those who came before us who pulled up the ladder as soon as they got in, only to taunt us who got left behind while feeding us scraps.
Capt. tony that's kind of a cop out and you know it, this country has always been entering or exiting some sort of disaster, for every 8 to 15 year regional guy out there, they had there shot at a major at one point or another, they just didn't take the shot, maybe they were waiting for the fed-x chief pilot to jump seat on there flight to empress him enough to get that fast track shot, maybe, but usually they just got to comfortable for to long, some tried and failed then came back