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this one always gets me. Some people were struggling, inflation for household goods was high. All this is true, but not for legacy airline pilots.
as a legacy pilot, you signed the most lucrative contract in history, you saw insane seniority movement, your equity in the stock market literally doubled, and your house price (if you already owned) nearly doubled as well.
I pray upper middle class airline pilots replicate the last 4 disastrous years under the new administration. I’m doubtful though.
Honestly I think people are just wrapped up in some weird alternate reality cult. Maybe if in the next 4 years their equity heavy nest egg takes a 30% hit it might snap them out of it? Even this might not break the hold.
I hope the green lines all over the economy keep lurching up and to the right regardless of who’s in charge.
It's evident on both sides( as seen in this thread) that for some people their political identity often take over even if they should know better per se.
Trying to go back to the purpose of this thread than general politics, as an example just after the UAL 777 Hawaii incident, someone who supposedly worked in TK wrote a letter to Tucker Carlson. Pretty much giving off a rant that is very similar to what that washington examiner article was citing from that captain with an agenda. Flying with a captain just after that segment aired and he watched it went off on a rant himself going it is ridiculous how it is right now citing among other things in that segment that UAL was hiring pilots right out of high school. You have someone that should know better and able to spot that statement in the letter was misleading bordering on complete BS because you need to be at least 21 to qualify for a restricted ATP at the bare minimum. So no there is no 18 year old fresh out of high school in any 121 cockpit let alone an UAL cockpit. But their political identity took over and since it fit his view on things, he fully believed it.
Of course reality being the fresh out of high school 18 year olds are being enticed/recruited to join UAL's and other airlines pilot pipeline programs where they start their training at 18 and work their way up to hopefully be at major airline.