From the friends I have at WN no one has "let the cat out of the bag" per se. Gary all along has been saying it's bad and the goal is to survive, I think people might just be finally believing it instead of being hopeful.

Of course the intent is there. I intend to be a multi millionaire, that does nothing but fish, by the time I’m 50. Intent doesn’t equate to reality. It’s called real life.

I have lived through more of these cycles than I care to remember and I honestly don’t wish it upon anyone. But it is just part of the business as frustrating as it can be. We have all put in lots of time and expense into this career and it feels like it failed you. It does and will come around again. It’s a wild ride.

Bro I'm a Gen X'er, but I have to wonder. Why the constant hate on millennials in practically every post? Some kinda jealousy at how good a career some of them have had so far? Emphasis on "so far." Many are about to get their first rodeo. At some point single pilot, or God forbid, no pilot will happen. They're gonna get theirs like all of us have over the course of this career.

Best of luck to us all!

Most have no clue who millennials are. Many graduated college before the financial crisis that the ultimate give me generation created in 08. Yet we were so low on the pecking order in every industry we were the first to suffer the consequences of that ordeal that lasted years and we were the last to recover. Many of us in just the last couple years.

Forget flying, we got furloughed and there weren’t jobs in any industry. Wanna know why people have kids so late these days? It’s because none of us had money to have them or buy a home. We were just trying to eat. I’d say millennials have a better perspective on living through adversity than most boomers.

Now there is a younger generation in the work force and those that are pilots may have not experienced a downturn yet. Let them learn instead of bashing them. But don’t confuse them with a millennial. Let me proceed to get off your lawn.

They’re called genZ, and those are the ones people idiotically confuse with millennials. Every time I hear someone ***** about millennials not realizing that I AM ONE, I just smile and think to myself, okay gramps.... And, within the millennial generation, some of us witnessed 9/11 as adults, others just started 1st grade.

As a millennial, this is my 3rd ‘rodeo’... First I was senior enough to be relatively unaffected, second I lost my Captain seat for over a year, this one tbd... Good luck to us all.

Only a Gen Y or Zer would consider losing "your" left seat for a whole year to be a life-changing catastrophic event.

Gen Xer here. This generational stuff is a bore. Try listening to some Bowie or something. Find a hobby. We're all screwed up. As Frankie says, relax.

Dude, if you know who Bowie is or what Frankie said you are a boomer!

oh and heeeeeeereee we go back to the “generation” argument. Man some people spend their entire lives hating anyone younger than them

I sincerely hope I behave better and set a better example than you do when I’m your age