Interesting Blinkered responses!
When the likes of exspeedbird and myself started we couldn't afford to live on our "salaries" nor use "concessions".
We put up watching the "Atlantic Barons" fly and the their obnoxious behaviour to make the industry what it was twenty years ago.
True we lived the life of caviar, champagne, debutants and pop star's parties but we fought for a decent salary, conditions and a reasonable retirement.
What have you got now...crap salaries, no pensions and idiots having to work beyond a sensible age....(when they should be playing bowls).
So while some of you have been criticizing exspeedbird and his likes (I don't have any concessions because my last company was sold down the river by those without spines) they gave as a legacy carrier career to be proud of which NONE of you will ever experience.
Tant Pis