Nope it still works, but in general I think you are correct if you are referring to the younger millennials or those outside of aviation. However, many of us came into this industry during the last big recession/age 65 debacle and we spent our 20s broke as a joke. I averaged less than 30k a year from finishing flight school at age 22 until I came off of first year pay at NK nearly 10 year later. That is what my dad made back in the 80s sans any adjustment for inflation.