Most of us started flight school with indifference towards later pay. The demise of terms and conditions in our industry have more complicated origins. Simply blaming the next generation is unhelpful and frankly a bit of a tired argument.
Just to name two big differences, most of the younger generation will have double income with less children, and they do not hold a useful passport. If you come from a low income country you don't have the luxury we might have had. Consider yourself in their situation and don't just use your own perspective.
It is simply unfair to blame them for the market they are facing, they did not choose the environment. One could argue they inherited the market from us. They are forced to deal with a market price that is regulated by demand and supply, and these parameters have changed dramatically over the last decades. We have much higher numbers of flight school graduates, airlines with different cost models compared to basically non-profit organisations like most nationalised carriers, passenger numbers have exploded, operating costs have been reduced, emerging markets have opened up, simulator training has been improved, automation has been increased.
And all along, safety numbers have dramatically improved.
Last edited by Sam Ting Wong; 30th Sep 2020 at 06:18.