But again, I ask, why should they? I’m by no means senior, and would benefit massively if many of the pilots you describe retire. But why is it that whenever there is a crisis, we immediately attack the senior blokes? It’s not their fault. Why should they be the ones to sacrifice something? I believe in this country we call it “the tall poppy syndrome”, and quite simply jealousy is a curse. Get over it. If the old guys want to retire, good on them, but stop trying to make them the bad guys. It’s not their fault.