It seems gone are the days where flying was great... this web would be entertaining and diversified, instead of bitchy and QF-d... life was good but if it wasn't so...we'd look on the glass being half full...not half empty!
...in GA we would all be one happy family (especially in the N.T.). We would network (over numerous beers
) and help each other into job vacancies we knew on the quiet were coming up... we'd laugh and recount stories of fug ups and experiences had over the day, even with the CAA blokes... over a beer at "the Aero Club" (Sth Side) or "the 'stute". If you didn't have good work conditions... mates helped us into places that did.
We'd word-up each other on up-coming sims in the regionals...have BBQs, bring a plate of food to help out... and enjoy the company of friends...and friends friends... not get into a "my dicks bigger than your dick" competition.
If a jet job was simmering, we'd let mates know and assist with prep, study or training... You'd shout a Jet-Keg on your first Jet Airline job
(rarely seen nowdays... as is the "1000-hour keg" and "5000-hour Keg"... major achievements in anyones a career!)
We'd try and make the best out of a poor deal or get into improving it otherwise... and at least be considerate and hospitable to mates.
Good and honourable human attributes are missing in this industry today!
My call is to bring them back or we are the worse off... as has been so bluntly shown
AT ALL LEVELS these past years.