Spandex Masher,
In 1921 women got the right to vote in my country and until 1964 it was basically illegal to be unemployed. In late 2010 you are now allowed to be openly gay in the US military. As I recall it, around 1995, a one way ticket to London cost something like 600 GBP since you could only buy one-way tickets in Business Class. Of course airlines could pay for everything then. Newsflash!!! Things change...
I´m not a woman nor gay, and I´m sure you´ll come up with something witty to comment on all of the above, which I´m looking forward to having a good smile about. But that´s really all your comments in this thread are worth, a big smile.
Would I have loved to have had everything paid for me? Of course!
Did I have a choice? At this point, not really!
Have I earnt my right hand seat of the B737? Definately!