Originally Posted by JohnBurke

How perfectly god damn arrogant of you, but not unexpected. The condescension wreaks.

I get it. You don't just wear a uniform: you are a uniform. Very well. Plucky 134.5...that's cute. Did you think it up all by yourself? Exhausting?

You are not the market. You may think you're at the pinnacle of your career, and perhaps insofar as your limited experience goes, you are. But that's your career: you're at the last job you'll ever work: you've reached the end of the trail. Did you have much experience getting there? Or just a few jobs and you know the industry. You are not at the pinnacle of aviation, or the top of the heap: you are at the top of your heap, and your heap is not the same as the others. Each is different in culture and makeup. Upgrade times at SWA are not the same as upgrade times at American. If you happened to be at Alaska and had a plan before Virgin came on board, the battle plan didn't survive first contact and given the phasing of the airbus and consolidation again, it's changing once more.

Airlines are not aviation. They are a part of aviation, and perhaps you've only been part way around the block, or perhaps not, but you don't sound like you've experienced a merger in your life time, or a furlough, or a downsizing, or a new fleet, or the end of an old fleet, or a strike. You don't sound like you're familiar with the fact that the number of upgrades in a given year do not equal the number of retirements, especially over an extended time of years, rather than a year. What you think the future holds based on projected retirements will not turn out exactly as you project. This is not a static industry. In a large organization of 14,000 to 16,000 pilots, a few hundred extending two years beyond 65 won't make much difference at all, and own't make any difference to those considering becoming pilots.

Pinnacle of the profession...you really are enamored with yourself. Wow. The airline stink looms large with this one.



Well, not you.