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Originally Posted by Margaritaville
(Post 3457317)
This is nothing but more selfishness from the most selfish generation ever. The boomers at the end of their careers planned poorly, wasted their money when they were young, relied on a pension that was underfunded for a decade instead of starting their own investments, and even after they got retirement age raised once to make up for it, they still couldn't make it work so now they want another bite of the apple. No. You made bad life choices, and that's not my problem. Buh bye. Shoo. Good riddance. I can't wait for the working environment in this industry to improve when they leave and take their politics, grouchiness, selfishness, and conspiracy theories with them. Bloomers started their careers during Black Monday financial drop, saw the demise of Eastern, Pan Am, and Midway, dealt with the recession of 92-93, 9/11, housing crisis and financial collapse of 08…. And now Covid. When Boomers were in their 20-30’s unless you were ex-mil, getting hired at a major was a statistical anomaly. In 93, to get hired at a regional, you had to pay THEM… the application fee, the sim check fee, and then 10k or so to have the high privilege of sittin in the right seat of a Brazilia. It seems a tad rich that pilots with barely any PIC turbine are getting hired at major airlines, some of which until now wouldn’t have considered you without a college degree and maybe ex-mil, and whom are enjoying the benefits of the Boomers that negotiated and fought for the contracts new hires are enjoying would be considered “greediest generation ever”…… but, could be wrong. Just like to know what you’re basing that statement on. |
Gen X’ers from like 1998 on didn’t have an easy path either, and many of us didn’t hit the Major mark until 2015 because they all required turbine PIC, which may have been hard to come by after 9/11 and 2008. The hiring at this time is truly in unprecedented territory, and the lowest quals to get on with a major in my lifetime. We can’t choose when we were born, but I’m grateful for the pathfinders that came before us.
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This got zero to do with who deserves what. Better if the psych evals come before the EKG, BP cuff. But they won't.
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Originally Posted by av8or
(Post 3457839)
I keep seeing “most selfish generation ever” comments about Boomers. I’m not saying you’re wrong, or right, just curious wth data you’re basing that moral castigation upon?
Bloomers started their careers during Black Monday financial drop, saw the demise of Eastern, Pan Am, and Midway, dealt with the recession of 92-93, 9/11, housing crisis and financial collapse of 08…. And now Covid. When Boomers were in their 20-30’s unless you were ex-mil, getting hired at a major was a statistical anomaly. In 93, to get hired at a regional, you had to pay THEM… the application fee, the sim check fee, and then 10k or so to have the high privilege of sittin in the right seat of a Brazilia. It seems a tad rich that pilots with barely any PIC turbine are getting hired at major airlines, some of which until now wouldn’t have considered you without a college degree and maybe ex-mil, and whom are enjoying the benefits of the Boomers that negotiated and fought for the contracts new hires are enjoying would be considered “greediest generation ever”…… but, could be wrong. Just like to know what you’re basing that statement on. |
300 posts, 3 months. Somebody needs a rest. Not a short one either. https://youtu.be/Czgp1MOOKDQ
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Originally Posted by Mytime2025
(Post 3457600)
I'll tell you why bruh. THEY HAVE A FN PENSION!!! and don't want or need to work past 57. When will block head pilots figure that out. If we had a pension like we did pre BK the top 30% of the list would happily be gone. You idiots that support ALPAs age position and no pension are only hurting yourselves. I see 35 year pilots everyday waddling thru the airport that can't even see their own feet and your worried about the 60+ guy that runs marathons every year? Really?
Originally Posted by Mytime2025
(Post 3457620)
Keep drinking the ALPA coolaide. I suspect I could run circles around Mr Margaritaville even tho I'm possibly 20 years his senior. Not a gramps yet and as sharp as I've ever been. BTW I'm an extreme sports athlete so careful on your labeling you just might be full of sh*t.
Originally Posted by Mytime2025
(Post 3457691)
If it wasn't for the 20 years of sacrifice by those boomers you wouldn't have an airline to work for or a job. So be careful who you call selfish you spoiled little brat.
You're truly the gift that keeps on giving. Watch that blood pressure, gramps. Cue selfish Boomer with another inane, senile retort in 3..2..1.. |
Someone can start a new thread when there is a legislative update.otherwise the insult slinging is done on this one
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