You can tell its pension day, Waitrose was full of blue rinsers, were any of you there?
Gone are the days when all you needed to fly were a pair of socks, some sandals, and a pair of slacks
Back on topic, I have to say that there is a bit of "looking at the past through rose coloured glasses" here. It stands to reason that if you have had a licence for 30 odd years and flown alot in that time, you are going to have had many experiences that ultimately help you with your airmanship. Those of us who have received our nice beige faux leather JAR licences have lots to learn and benefit greatly from advice and help from "the older generation". Hopefully we will be able to do the same in the future (we'll be saying stuff like "trainings not the same anymore, fancy not having a propellor" - well you can dream can't you)
Thing is, technology moves on (albeit slowly in the flying world) and people need to learn how to use the new stuff - I suppose someone will be complaining that speaking tubes are no longer used for inter-crew communication.....