It really doesnt matter if this letter is the real thing or a work of fiction, it says it all, my pension in retirment is larger than 90% of the left seaters pay at my previoue employer, god bless those who saw this comming and moved our pension out of the hands of managment. We now own a flight school /charter outfit, most of our grads are avoiding the airlines and going to other branches of aviation{survey, medivac, charter,corporate} where their skills are rewarded and they are treated with respect, growing old is no fun but Im glad I was born at the right time to have done my flying when I did and not now with F/Os on comuter airlines qualifying for food stamps!