Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
To end this, I’d like to say that it’s disheartening to see so many older guys come across salty. I know it’s because you all had it hard for nearly a decade thought. I don’t blame y’all for being jaded at times.
Hope y’all win the fight with management and get a pay raise and better QOL. Y’all deserve at least that.
At 55, I’m even older than most of these guys, got into the airlines at the “commuter” level in 1991 at age 27, lived through even worse times than most of them, and am very aware of the ups and downs of this business. With that said, I never let this job define me. I never let it affect my personal life. I ALWAYS (well usually, lol) enjoyed my crews, and the part of the job that started after we pushed and disconnected from the tug and were on our own.
Most of my friends in this business have been in the industry nearly as long as me and yet none of them let’s this job define them and they all are great people to hang around on any given day. They are NOT salty, crusty old dogs.
It’s perspective. Fight the fight, but don’t take it home with you. Don’t become that miserable dude we all HATE flying with. 😉