Originally Posted by
Vprdrvr
Exactly! Well beyond Kirby’s departure this will be the mantra of many for years and decades to come.
The thing that the new blood always forgets is that today’s tired burnout was yesterday’s energetic new hire. COVID and the company mandate are just another swing of the pendulum between rapid expansion and recession, furloughs, bankruptcies, mergers, delayed contracts, and pandemics. In time our new hires will get there and the next generation will be questioning their attitudes. I always look out for crew members and passengers and honestly try to follow SOP’s, but I also understand that we’re all just interchangeable widgets and that being a pilot is just a job. Once a person figures that out, this turns into a great job that provides good money, good schedules, and very little stress. This is just the latest chapter in the same old book that we’ve been reading for decades.