This divisiveness between the old guard and the new is not good for the pilot group as a whole. We should be happy for the PPs, as they have put up with more than their fair share of crap and have earned the right to flow long ago. More selfishly, it gets the PPs out of the way for those of us who came in later.

At the same time, the PPs have to take a look inside and see that at least some of them would have held off on an upgrade for improved quality of life, for at least some period of time, if they had been given the chance. Upgrade used to be 5-7 years or more; maybe some of those people wouldn't have wanted the upgrade in 6 months or less. It just wasn't an issue back then, so they didn't have to confront it. This doesn't mean that all millennials now are lazy or selfish or whatever. It just means that they're putting the health of their family's lives before the company, which is absolutely correct to do. This is just a job, and family always comes before job. Everyone's situation is different, and if bidding reserve will keep the significant other happy for a little while, that is important.

The real boogie man we should all be looking to is the company, not realizing that times have changed and if they really want a 100% upgrade rate without reduced moral, they're going to have to incentivize the upgrade more. This new agreement helps. But for the old guard to look at the newer pilots and say that them wanting more to upgrade is selfish doesn't help anyone. Times are different right now than they were when a 7 year upgrade existed. The group is absolutely right for wanting gains now. Make the gains while we can, because the next economic downturn and concessionary contract that comes with it us just around the corner.