Originally Posted by duvie

haha, did something happen to the aviation industry around 2001 or perhaps 2008?? I hadn’t heard! When I jump-seated on united planes, usually we just talked about how well they were doing and how good their home situation was. Then, when I was stuck at a regional, I didn’t think much about my inability to support a family.... I just thought, ya know what my resume needs: another couple thousand hours of RJ time!!!

All snarky-ness aside, it’s not a lack of info that I possess, or a belief that Mr. Kirby, et al are my buddies.... I just see this issue differently than you. A common human fallacy is that “if only the person knew what I do, they’d think as I do.” Just not the case man. We have different views on this topic, but it’s not because I wasn’t affected.