Originally posted by Shy Torque:
Those who think any expereienced pilot is going to willingly give up his salary, so someone younger can have it instead, is probably a product of an education system where they were led to believe that a comfortable life was just for them, an entitlement.
But, life is an ongoing competition, with constantly changing rules. We all have to, as my late father would have said: "Like it - or lump it".
P.S. Case One: You're very stroppy for an 8 year old, aren't you? Work hard and get your GCSEs, there's a good lad...
Who said anything about
expecting anyone to willingly give up his salary? That's just one reason I'm happy to see a mandatory retirement age. Another is that it removes an avenue for companies to further erode terms and conditions - compelling everyone to work longer.
Thanks for your sage advice about competition, life's suddenly become clear to me.
As for the waffle about education systems, it looks like you need to take some of your own advice. Buy a book, learn about logical form and produce a cogent argument, now there's a good boy.
But yes I am a bit stroppy. I'm a little tired of hearing people trying to justify their own self interest by trying to dress it in libertarian clothes and whining about discrimination.