Most have no clue who millennials are. Many graduated college before the financial crisis that the ultimate give me generation created in 08. Yet we were so low on the pecking order in every industry we were the first to suffer the consequences of that ordeal that lasted years and we were the last to recover. Many of us in just the last couple years.

Forget flying, we got furloughed and there weren’t jobs in any industry. Wanna know why people have kids so late these days? It’s because none of us had money to have them or buy a home. We were just trying to eat. I’d say millennials have a better perspective on living through adversity than most boomers.

Now there is a younger generation in the work force and those that are pilots may have not experienced a downturn yet. Let them learn instead of bashing them. But don’t confuse them with a millennial. Let me proceed to get off your lawn.