Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
The real issue is that a significant number of our pilots are from a new generation that don’t care how many stripes they have. They can live well above their current means at 150K and are happy with what they have.
They want to work as few days as possible and spend the rest of their lives doing other things besides flying airplanes.
I have been flying with a lot of young FOs and to a person they don’t care about money they only care about Time off. By the time our next contract comes do the union and company will need to recognize this monumental shift in desires.
You have the correct information but are twisting it in a way that is pretty typical of older guys who don't want to listen to viewpoints that don't align with your own.
It has nothing to do with not wanting to work or not wanting to fly airplanes. What millennial and younger pilots want instead is an actual work life balance. You know, a life to come home to. We don't give a crap about earning a truckload of money if we come home to a whiskey bottle and multiple alimony payments.
Shocking I know, that people might have desires other than how much money we put in our checking account.