I can understand why someone who started in 1975 still has that rosy glow about the industry. After all you have seen the best the industry has offered and with the seniority that you would enjoy you probably can't understand why those who don't work for a legacy carrier are not enjoying the choice of roster and holidays that come your way.
I don't think anyone is complaining about the joy of getting airborne and watching the world go by but its not just gravity and a limited fuel supply that is dragging you back to the ground. A lot of people still have to work 20,30+ years of crap rostering, short turn-arounds, minimum rest and a decline in real wages and conditions..
What they don't need is yet another baby boomer telling them, while they are sitting on the top of the aviation mountain, how wonderful the view is.