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.
I keep seeing “most selfish generation ever” comments about Boomers. I’m not saying you’re wrong, or right, just curious wth data you’re basing that moral castigation upon?
Bloomers started their careers during Black Monday financial drop, saw the demise of Eastern, Pan Am, and Midway, dealt with the recession of 92-93, 9/11, housing crisis and financial collapse of 08…. And now Covid. When Boomers were in their 20-30’s unless you were ex-mil, getting hired at a major was a statistical anomaly. In 93, to get hired at a regional, you had to pay THEM… the application fee, the sim check fee, and then 10k or so to have the high privilege of sittin in the right seat of a Brazilia.
It seems a tad rich that pilots with barely any PIC turbine are getting hired at major airlines, some of which until now wouldn’t have considered you without a college degree and maybe ex-mil, and whom are enjoying the benefits of the Boomers that negotiated and fought for the contracts new hires are enjoying would be considered “greediest generation ever”…… but, could be wrong. Just like to know what you’re basing that statement on.