Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
Long gone? More hyperbole, I'm a few years gone so this won't affect me, but...... B-Scale(4 3/4 years)?.... check. Bankruptycy...check. Decimitated QOL.... check. Loss of DB?...check. 46% pay cut?.... check. PBS bidding that cost 20% efficiency?.... check. Age 60>65 ...check.
Sorry to tell you....I left the pilot group not only better...but way better off than I found it. My entry into this "discussion" was simply trying to put things in perspective. 2 years won't "extensively harm or damage" a career. My definition is it will be a "blip" . It definitely wont make it shi**tier, unless you think it is shi**y now. If one does(legacy pilot), then I certainly question their perspective.
But everyone is entitled to their perspective. At least this is my perspective that I put forth to my legacy pilot kids, 1 of which was a 2 year capt(so not envious) .... proud of their good fortune would be closer to my thoughts.
how about this perspective. the newbies just getting into the industry now will fare far worse than those who went through bankruptcy. the last 20 years, you had the fortune of having low taxes, low costs of college, low interest and mortgage rates, housing prices that appreciated massively (leaving many now looking forever locked out), low heath care costs, low auto costs, a stock market that made your average taxi driver (much less pilot) very wealthy, and a solvent social security which likely won’t exist for those in their 20s and 30s. I’m sure I’ve left out quite a few more. black swans on the horizon? every generation has had them. consider yourself extremely lucky having worked through the last 25 years.