I am just amazed at how tone deaf some of our captains are when dealing with new FOs. Maybe it's because I am not that removed from it and I had some pretty bad experiences early on (cough cough PHX and HOU weekend reserve cough cough), but I would never in a million 3 day trips mention the F word to a new hire unless they brought it up first and then only to tell them how unlikely it is. I get it, the lost decade was rough and, mostly by a stroke of pure luck, we have some senior captains who didn't have to suffer too much and therefore are completely ignorant about the industry. Come on, though. It only takes a millisecond for the brain mouth filter to work properly. Use it.

I am guessing the same heroes quit buying at the bar because "it's a FO contract".