Im sorry to say this but the one thing that really made me want to shoot myself in the head when i flew in the airlines.......was my colleagues! Whinging whining negativity at every opportunity.
I have to agree with GW. Some people just dont know how lucky they are...or perhaps they just took up flying for the wrong reasons (lots of them about)?
How do we bring back the vigor? Well the word "vigor" implies energy and I would say that we need to look at who we employ first. The FTO's have built up the expectation that every wannabee who pays their fees are deserved of a RHS position on a 80T jet within 3 months of completion.
Therefore, its a possibility that a lot of new guys are entering the industry for the
wrong reasons ("dont I look good in uniform" mentality). If we could just sort those guys out then we might be able to bring back some integrity to our profession....