D-Rate, I feeel sorry for you and your 'generation'. You inherit a difficult world. However those that you blame for society's ills are more than likely to be victims. The culprit is not the baby boomer generation, it is big business and the govt. These two groups have worked hand in glove for years to gradually erode the conditions of employees in all western countries. The social demographic regarding the distribution of wealth has changed in a most frightining way over the last 20 years. The middle-class is being slowly disempowered and impoverished, the poor are getting access to less and less and being required to contribute more and more. The wealthiest 5% of Australia are owning a larger chunk of the national cake and making money like never before. Sucessive Australian govts. (ALP and Lib/NP) have allowed the casualisation of the workplace; a practice that business finds convienient but is another factor in degrading the quality of life for workers. (ie; A 6 hour shift is as much of a working day as 8 hrs but a 6 day working week only gives 36hrs pay usually with no penalties). The destruction of Ansett is a case in point; The Australian govt and big business seized an opportunity to get rid of a large unionised company and thus be in a position to put pressure on conditions throughout the aviation industry. It's as simple as that. Globalisation is another means to strike at middle Australia. My opinion is that conditions in all industries, not just aviation, will get worse, not better.