Originally Posted by ThePenguin328

Only flew with one guy that was over 60 in 2008 just before the furlough. The guy couldn't stop going on and on about how great it was he would get 5 more years at top of scale in the left seat. I finally had to ask the guy if he knew that 1400 furloughs were about to happen, many of which were more about age 65 rather than the aircraft parking. Classic quote, "you're young, you can make it up later. I've got a boat to payoff and a retirement to fund." To which I asked, how does someone make up five years of zero? Total clueless @~hole