Originally Posted by
Joeshmoe
With all due respect your entitlement mentality is what has led your generation to have a work ethic that for the most part is in the toilet. Are there exceptions to the rule? yes. Are you the exception? Perhaps. Lets just use a bit of that 10% of our brains here to see this entitlement philosophy leads to a spoiled society interested in nothing but themselves and working hard for nothing. No I'm not some crusty WWII generation person with the dustbowl mentality. I am just someone who THANK GOD had parents that left me with a solid work ethic and the belief that I am entitled to NOTHING unless I work hard and prove that I am capable of handling what it is that ever comes my way. Hand it to me and I have no appreciation for it and little respect as well. Just my .02 cents
In many respects I totally agree with you man, especially where "spoiled society" comes into the picture. When I was in college a news story came out that the kid of a rich studio exec ran his car into a crowd of other college students and killed a couple... because he was on drugs. What a piece of work huh? I couldn't believe it- the kid had EV-UH-REY-THANG handed to him, and what did he do but go trash his own life and a couple of others' in the process. So, we are totally in agreement there.
BUT, on the flip side (I don't know your background- if you work for a 121 operator or whatnot), we are highly educated and have MASSIVE debt incurred during training. Then, we shoulder tremendous amounts of responsibility... remember Bluegrass, or any other accident for that matter. For our efforts, we should be treated like kings- heck, in other countries pilots are treated in this manner. For SOME REASON, in the US it isn't that way. Why? Emerates treats their pilots like royalty... in a practically 3rd world nation. 2+2=? In the US, we are second class citizens to the almighty dollar. WORSE, we are second class citizens to the fat pigs in the upper echelons of management. Pilots are working class... we are labor. And, we should not be ashamed to feel entitled to get $$$. Sports players get the big bucks... how many lives are in the hands of... Mark Macguire or Tiger Woods? So, talk about a society with its priorities out of whack. Truck drivers make big bank... longshoreman do too. So yes, I should be making the really really big bucks... in an RJ.
Thoughts?