On another thread that has since been shut down somebody asked how can it be that a senior Pilot with over 50 years in the game can be in a high anxiety state about retiring with nothing.
The answer is pretty simple.
Pilots know f#ck all about anything other than flying.
But because aviation , particularly at the airline level , requires a certain personality type many Pilots THINK they should have an opinion on everything.
Including high finance , how to run a business , foreign policy ,medieval history and , of course , the validity or otherwise of COVID vaccinations.
Its an ongoing mystery.
All I can say to junior F/Os is don’t take financial / investment or relationship advise from the guy in the left hand seat. You might find to your surprise years later that they are living alone in a caravan chocked on bricks , after three divorces , living of two minute noodles.
It has always been thus.
Anybody knows why let me know.
Well said Grumpster, this is why I avoided Fatty's for years. It wasn't until the lil' tacker sent the dugong via DXB that I started sampling the delights of Skinny & his bro.