Because people are myopic and selfish. If you weren’t furloughed from Delta for 5-8 years then your trials and tribulations just don’t matter.

How dare you consider stagnating at a regional for 10-15 years and experiencing furloughs and bankruptcies equivalent to the hardship that the mainline pilots went through, even though they were the highest paid pilots in the entire industry for that time period!!!

For this thought crime I sentence you to 50 lashes of the green lanyard and you have to wear your hat on your next two trips.