Originally Posted by
mryan75
Anyone who gives up an airline captaincy in his early 30s to sit on his ### for the rest of his life staring at a computer screen ought to have his head examined.
To those of us who have done the hard yards over many years mryan, your statement makes perfect sense. I know it does to me.
The above case, although extreme IMHO, probably highlights the overarching reason for the problem. A loss of wonder, fascination, love whatever, in the profession by a much greater percentage of the population. Especially over the last 20 years.
Realistically there’s probably not much we will be able to do about that. So if it all comes down to money, there is only one viable long term solution.
Of course that would require a paradigm shift in the value placed on those who sit up the front.