I knew that the S-word would bring on the pontificaters who needed to point out how bad they had it. Everything is relative, and people shouldn't have to write 20 alibis every time they make a damn post that might contain language that somebody might find offensive, insensitive, entitled, etc, etc -- it's just tedious. Everything is relative. Yes cry babies, you were an 88 reserve for 10 years and furloughed twice. The next guy was stuck flying CRJs. Another pilot had to go to Emirates to feed his family. Wah. This is a new hire forum and people are trying to make educated decisions NOW. Relatively speaking some categories move faster than others; on occasion a new guy will call the slower category stagnant, they shouldn't have to pay homage to your sob-story every time they try to pass information.

I deleted my original 2nd paragraph since this is the poolie forum, not the I walked up the steepest hill in the deepest snow forum. If people would just stop looking for an excuse to be offended -- both here and in the USA-at-large, we'd all be better off.