The mistake I made Keg was taking someone at face value and that they were suggesting that they were still in the industry. Being out of the industry for so long makes any comment they make redundant and not even worth the 2cents value they consider it to be.
My comment
while they are sitting on the top of the aviation mountain, how wonderful the view is.
should now be considered in the past tense. As you point out the changes that have occurred in the industry even in the past 5 years give those still participating every right and freedom to complain. Of course anyone who flew through the heyday of airline flying would have done so without any complaints.