Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
This is nothing but more selfishness from the most selfish generation ever. The boomers at the end of their careers planned poorly, wasted their money when they were young, relied on a pension that was underfunded for a decade instead of starting their own investments, and even after they got retirement age raised once to make up for it, they still couldn't make it work so now they want another bite of the apple. No. You made bad life choices, and that's not my problem. Buh bye. Shoo. Good riddance. I can't wait for the working environment in this industry to improve when they leave and take their politics, grouchiness, selfishness, and conspiracy theories with them.
Generalize much? I am younger than boomer, but only by a few years (so maybe you are not talking to me). I am not grouchy, definitely not conspiracy theorist, leave my (left wing) politics out of the cockpit. Age 65 meant I spent 5 more years displaced as an FO working for regional pay. Never had a pension to rely on, but it saving isn't easy when you don't make money. Wife and I worked full time, shared one car, rented one of the two bedrooms in our apartment out, and waited with having kids until we felt we could afford them. Aside from getting into aviation I would love you to come over one evening, have a beer, and explain to me all the bad choices I made.
I flew with a boomer. He was at UAL for 30 years, and was the first one to leave without a pension. Plenty of money in the bank because he saved, but still mad that they took about $5M away from him. Went back to flying to pay for his kids medical school. Is that selfish?