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Richman said:
The debt people have today, they mostly bring on themselves. Now you could probably make the argument that giant/social media pressures people to consume well beyond their means, and I might listen. But people bring it on themselves.
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…or the poverty line, like everything else, hasn’t kept up with what the Republic considers an acceptable standard of living.
 
Richman said:
I never wanted for anything. Well fed, got my shots on time, plenty to do.

The debt people have today, they mostly bring on themselves. Now you could probably make the argument that giant/social media pressures people to consume well beyond their means, and I might listen. But people bring it on themselves.
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We're not that far apart in age, so I have first-hand experience with the world you describe.

The world is very different today, though, and things like cell phones and internet access at home - which were novelties at the onset - are very much required to participate in society. Couple those changes with reduced purchasing power and the erosion of a middle class (of which you were a member) and you get just a couple of indicators toward a drastic shift. Those two things alone don't explain it all, but they're useful mileposts.

People *do* bring things like debt upon themselves, but I think we oughta consider *why* before we judge them through a lens that was ground 30 or more years ago. No one should have to choose BETWEEN rent, health care or food each month. But that's the reality for a lot of people.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I am not junior but I just mashed the DROP button over a trip I had no desire to fly in November and thanks to recurrent training (again, I mean--thanks Obama) I now have a block of 0.0 in November, while still collecting a nominal amount of money from the Company which is great because ain't nobody got time fo' work sometimes. Next month, given how insane my life has been in the last 90 days, is that time.

They might get me in for 200% but frankly I'd like to sit at home and play with my VR headset some more and take long walks on the river and look at the leaves changing, if any are left at that point.

For reference, the last net credit loss transaction I had at SkyWorst was back when we had the Brasilia. Specifically, it was Christmas, 2013 and I had no desire to fly 8 legs to an 8 hour overnight in BFL - back when such things were legal, of course, despite the fact that such a practice fell well short of the intended level of safety of Part 121 - and there was exactly 1 more than the minimum EM2 FOs available. After that it was death by RMLV and platinum days to preserve sanity.
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I’ve got to say, that the “Drop” button is inop at my shop. The lovely folks at crew scheduling turned a 5hr duty day into 16 1/2 hours my last four day. I wouldn’t mind a bit more schedule flexibility.
 
Old Pete said:
I’ve got to say, that the “Drop” button is inop at my shop. The lovely folks at crew scheduling turned a 5hr duty day into 16 1/2 hours my last four day. I wouldn’t mind a bit more schedule flexibility.
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You’re only required to report for the FDP fit as it is planned. Just saying.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
You’re only required to report for the FDP fit as it is planned. Just saying.
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Hey, I agree, but the co. doesn’t.
Finally pushed the F button not to long ago, called crew track and said I wasn’t able to extend IAW part 117.
CT-you don’t need to-you’re still legal.
Uh, you don’t understand I’m not signing the release where it says “fit for duty”
But you’re legal
Me for the record, stated name, employee no. And dropped the F bomb.
Briefed crew, told them to expect a hotel in a time frame that would allow 10 hrs rest, but no more, reclined seat. Zzzs until the passive aggressive crew track found us a hotel.
 
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ZapBrannigan said:
Wow. This thread was derailed yet again by tribal politics. Disappointing.
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Yeah.

Guys....can you move the political stuff to another thread, please? There's some good life/aviation/economics of aviation stuff going here and I'm getting a lot of useful help from it....kinda the reason @Derg put this place together to begin with?

I know thread drift is normal, and I'd like to see if we can nudge this one back on the rails. A mea culpa from me here, as well. for the economic drift although that's at least tangentially-related to the career.
 
Richman said:
Back in the day, 2 in a class of 20 washing out would be a serious anomaly. 30% and you have some kind of fundamental problem.


We’ve got guys hired at 60, and they have a good shot retiring in the left seat.
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In any industry, a 30% washout rate is absurd, either recruiting, training, or checking is Effed up. Not efficient.
 
///AMG said:
Yeah, you could be right. And I think the social upheaval (on both sides) that we are seeing now is a symptom of that very glaring problem. Normal people haven't been able to put food on the table and live their lives without incurring staggering amounts of debt for years and years now. Dare I say, the people in the capitol on Jan 6th were a symptom of that problem. They just thought they were there because their morally bankrupt billionaire told them to hate other morally bankrupt billionaires.
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But the right wing Jan 6th base isn’t poor. It’s bored middle class looking for some way to feel important and riled up with tales about how Others (whether it’s other colors, other nationalities, other genders…) are going to take what’s theirs. Poor people don’t do boat parades and try to run a bus off the road in $60k pickups.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
And to think there was ACTUALLY a moment in 2018 when our NYC base was closing that I thought of doing DEC for C5 because of the EWR base.

What a disaster that decision would have been!
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if you'd have gotten into aviate you'd be at UA this year :tinfoil:
 
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