Originally Posted by Packrat

Mark,

I'm hardly bitter. I just don't think any pilot has the right to tell another pilot when or how he should retire. All the whiners here seem to think they were owed a Major airline job or an upgrade on a specified time line.

Considering the fluidity of the aviation business, it say those kind of expectations rival the Theater of the Absurd.

Everyone is dealt a hand based on when they got into the business. Some guys were A scalers who upgraded in 2 years. Some guys were B-scalers who upgraded in 6. Some were 9-11 victims who upgraded in 15.

The good news is with the current hiring wave those times are coming down quickly. The guys on the cutting edge of this wave will upgrade quickly and move on to wide body seats. Those who come in 5 years later may be doomed to narrow bodies for their career.

But throwing a screaming, name calling fit because life has been "UNFAIR" to you is peeing in the wind. Those who do that look like spoiled brats and idiots combined.