All the whining....

[John Galt]

by the young, green, "wet behind the ears" whippersnappers is just too much fun!! I just can't suppress a grin every time I read their baby whining!!

 

[Hamburger]

If there truly is Karma, some day someone will take hundreds of thousands of dollars out of your pocket and I'll be there to call you a whiner when it upsets you.

Let me guess, those who lost their pensions are just a bunch of whiners as well?

 

[olympus593]

by the young, green, "wet behind the ears" whippersnappers is just too much fun!! I just can't suppress a grin every time I read their baby whining!!

I really don't care, you want to spend your retirement years working? Have fun being 65 doing 14H day and min rest overnight, better you that me, at that age i'll be sleeping in, enjoy!!!

 

[twepilot]

not all airlines employ commuter type schedules..

RV

 

[olympus593]

not all airlines employ commuter type schedules..

RV

You fly transcon/EU with you 717/dc9? did not think so, anyway at 60 I'll have my feet in the water and a drink in my hand, while you fly redeyes to lax in your airtran/midwest 737, hope you enjoy it, I know I will...

 

[AQ PILOT]

Don't let this guy rile your feathers. He's trolling...

Just think of these guys that over the past 30 years haven't been smart enough to get their houses in order over the years. Most were around durning the heyday of aviation and now find themselves having to work an extra five years to survive.

Take pity on them. I'm a mid 30's FO at Aloha and even I'm smart enough to have it figured out where I'll retire at age 60 very comfortably. Even if we go through more furloughs and downturns. A little money management and common sense goes a long way.

That said, I haven't lived the high life like a lot of these old time captains. No trophy wives, multiple houses (well none given to an ex wife anyway), fast cars, and I haven't spent every night eating dinner at $50 a plate restaurants either.

If these guys want to gloat that they 'get' to work another five years, good on them! I can't imagine having to spend another five years sleeping in $hit hotels, commuting between heffer one in seat 22A and heffer two in seat 22C. No more calls from screw-keduling trying to bust me on the FARs or ruin my days off.

Nope, not for me, I wanna spend my years from 60-65 doing whatever in the heck I want to with my family and friends. Not hoping that I bid correctly and wondering what the first class mystery meat is on this flight! Age 65 they can have it! Just please don't screw the rest of us so we HAVE to fly until age 65. Most of my peers want to retire at 60... Let us!

 

[ironspud]

What a wonderful day this is.

Let freedom reign.

 

[learflyer]

you guys are all over-reacting; who gives a $hit about 65 passing. Live for today nitwits.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Don't let this guy rile your feathers. He's trolling...

Just think of these guys that over the past 30 years haven't been smart enough to get their houses in order over the years.--->You're looking at a small minority and thinking we are all the same. I've still got the original wife, last kid graduates from college in May, only live in one house but invested in real estate and now have some investments that are paying off very well, thank you very much. I drive a 2005 pickup truck ( albeit, loaded) and my wife drives a 1996 car...I want her to get a new one, but she really likes the one she has. Most were around durning the heyday of aviation and now find themselves having to work an extra five years to survive.--->You're half right. I did upgrade quickly...but don't need this age change to survive.

Take pity on them.--->Don't need it, Thank you I'm a mid 30's FO at Aloha and even I'm smart enough to have it figured out where I'll retire at age 60 very comfortably.--->Good on ya. MY plan has worked out verrrry well for me. I've got 12 years to go to get to 60....I'll decide then what to do about this great part-time job. Even if we go through more furloughs and downturns. A little money management and common sense goes a long way.--->Amen to that

That said, I haven't lived the high life like a lot of these old time captains. No trophy wives, multiple houses (well none given to an ex wife anyway), fast cars, and I haven't spent every night eating dinner at $50 a plate restaurants either. --->Thats good....I haven't either. Now, on Christmas, I do splurge on the kids, neices and nephews. My spouse and I do tend to do it up on Valentines Day and our respective Birthdays...hope that meets with your approval

If these guys want to gloat that they 'get' to work another five years, good on them! I can't imagine having to spend another five years sleeping in $hit hotels, commuting between heffer one in seat 22A and heffer two in seat 22C. No more calls from screw-keduling trying to bust me on the FARs or ruin my days off.--->Sounds like you guys need a better contract. Me? Well, my business keeps me busy at home and typically, I put most of my monthly trips in "give away" so that I only do 2-3 3day trips per month.

Nope, not for me, I wanna spend my years from 60-65 doing whatever in the heck I want to with my family and friends.--->I do too...but I wanna stay active. And this job is soooo easy that I have to really think about when I'll go out....60?...61?...62?...63? In addition at age 60, my AF reserve retirement will kick in....more to spend with and on the kids and grandkids ( when that time comes). Even then, a couple of 3 days per month...that'll be nice. Not hoping that I bid correctly and wondering what the first class mystery meat is on this flight!--->You eat airplane food !?!?! Please think about changing your diet...I do want you to make it to 60 so you can enjoy your retirement Age 65 they can have it! Just please don't screw the rest of us so we HAVE to fly until age 65. Most of my peers want to retire at 60... Let us!--->Who says you HAVE to stay until 65? At "my house" if one has enough pennies in their accounts, they can go at age 50...or 53...or 55...or 58...or 60...and now.... 65 if they choose...all with no penalty.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

If there truly is Karma, some day someone will take hundreds of thousands of dollars out of your pocket and I'll be there to call you a whiner when it upsets you.

Let me guess, those who lost their pensions are just a bunch of whiners as well?

The true karma is, you will not be menacing the airports or airways for a few more years. Thank our lucky stars! At least you will be able to master the MS flight sim. Get over it, corporate america stole the pension of thousands of pilots leaving them with a severely crippled ability to even have their retirements. You make some very presumptuous claims, there is nothing assured, and those hundreds of thousands weren't yours, you didn't earn them, nor will you, hopefully. Now quit whining and hit that MS sim, you might get a shot in 4 or 5 years!
PBR

 

[maximizer]

you guys are all over-reacting; who gives a $hit about 65 passing. Live for today nitwits.

truer words have not been spoken here

 

[Hamburger]

Get over it, corporate america stole the pension of thousands of pilots leaving them with a severely crippled ability to even have their retirements.

And those guys just paid themselves back by stealing from their fellow pilots. Why is it you don't call them whiners for being upset at the company stealing their pension, but you call us whiners for being upset at our fellow pilots stealing our salaries?

You make some very presumptuous claims, there is nothing assured, and those hundreds of thousands weren't yours, you didn't earn them, nor will you, hopefully. Now quit whining and hit that MS sim, you might get a shot in 4 or 5 years!
PBR

Speaking of presumptions, you're pretty good at being wrong. Those aren't 5000+ Hours of MS time. I am here. Those hundreds of thousands won't be mine because I won't have the opportunity to earn them. Double dipping senior guys took that from us.

 

[Cardinal]

by the young, green, "wet behind the ears" whippersnappers is just too much fun!! I just can't suppress a grin every time I read their baby whining!!

Don't ask me to do it....Change your own fuching diapers on transcons.

 

[Flopgut]

Don't let this guy rile your feathers. He's trolling...

Just think of these guys that over the past 30 years haven't been smart enough to get their houses in order over the years.--->You're looking at a small minority and thinking we are all the same. I've still got the original wife, last kid graduates from college in May, only live in one house but invested in real estate and now have some investments that are paying off very well, thank you very much. I drive a 2005 pickup truck ( albeit, loaded) and my wife drives a 1996 car...I want her to get a new one, but she really likes the one she has. Most were around durning the heyday of aviation and now find themselves having to work an extra five years to survive.--->You're half right. I did upgrade quickly...but don't need this age change to survive.

Take pity on them.--->Don't need it, Thank you I'm a mid 30's FO at Aloha and even I'm smart enough to have it figured out where I'll retire at age 60 very comfortably.--->Good on ya. MY plan has worked out verrrry well for me. I've got 12 years to go to get to 60....I'll decide then what to do about this great part-time job. Even if we go through more furloughs and downturns. A little money management and common sense goes a long way.--->Amen to that

That said, I haven't lived the high life like a lot of these old time captains. No trophy wives, multiple houses (well none given to an ex wife anyway), fast cars, and I haven't spent every night eating dinner at $50 a plate restaurants either. --->Thats good....I haven't either. Now, on Christmas, I do splurge on the kids, neices and nephews. My spouse and I do tend to do it up on Valentines Day and our respective Birthdays...hope that meets with your approval

If these guys want to gloat that they 'get' to work another five years, good on them! I can't imagine having to spend another five years sleeping in $hit hotels, commuting between heffer one in seat 22A and heffer two in seat 22C. No more calls from screw-keduling trying to bust me on the FARs or ruin my days off.--->Sounds like you guys need a better contract. Me? Well, my business keeps me busy at home and typically, I put most of my monthly trips in "give away" so that I only do 2-3 3day trips per month.

Nope, not for me, I wanna spend my years from 60-65 doing whatever in the heck I want to with my family and friends.--->I do too...but I wanna stay active. And this job is soooo easy that I have to really think about when I'll go out....60?...61?...62?...63? In addition at age 60, my AF reserve retirement will kick in....more to spend with and on the kids and grandkids ( when that time comes). Even then, a couple of 3 days per month...that'll be nice. Not hoping that I bid correctly and wondering what the first class mystery meat is on this flight!--->You eat airplane food !?!?! Please think about changing your diet...I do want you to make it to 60 so you can enjoy your retirement Age 65 they can have it! Just please don't screw the rest of us so we HAVE to fly until age 65. Most of my peers want to retire at 60... Let us!--->Who says you HAVE to stay until 65? At "my house" if one has enough pennies in their accounts, they can go at age 50...or 53...or 55...or 58...or 60...and now.... 65 if they choose...all with no penalty.

Wow Tejas! that's quite a [amended] post. Why don't you print that out and hand it to your FOs. We'll see how long you're welcome in "your house"?!

BTW, speaking of whining...remember, as you grab onto this as though your pilot group is the least bit significant, that this was done by ALPA. That f-ing bunch of pansies you call SWAPA was about as relevant to this change as a eunuch at a pyramid rising!! Yeah, I disagreed, but it aint like they were listening to you *************************s!! All you've been doing is whining for years and it's got you nothing!! Don't high five now...YOU didn't do anything!!

Count your nickels and STFU. SWAPA had nothing to do with this. Ask anybody.

 

[psycho]

who is john galt?