Believe me I remember it, with a stroke of a pen 300 over age sixty engineers moved back to the left seat. Then add on no retirements for five years and a totally crap economy thrown in the mix.

Lost my WB captain bid and got an extra five years as an FO.

So yes I remember.

So a two year extension in the largest hiring boom ever in airline history is going to make this practically a non event.

I know you are going to say you got stuck at a regional longer. Probably a better deal than in 1993 when I got out of the military and me and most of my friends were either unemployed or working some crap job. So yes everybody has it tough every once and a while.

You want me to cry for you go live in the slums of Mumbai, you got nothing to cry about.