Heyas,

The above situations are not unique to the post-9/11 BK airline world.

There were guys pre-9/11 crying to the SPCC about how they CAN'T miss a paycheck while out on strike, or stories of captains driving a cab on their days off to make ends meet.

Nor is this unique to the airline industry. People are stupid with their money all over...a lot of which contributed to the meltdown we had.

Some stories are legit... like the pilot who had their husband/wife go absolutely bat-**** crazy and they needed to extricate themselves from the situation as best they could, or had a child with a really terrible, expensive ailment.

But a lot of the cases you hear about are self-induced. To those people I'd say "A lack of planning on your part, does NOT constitute an emergency on mine".

Nu