Not blaming the 'spikey hairs'. It's not really their fault. Probably would have done the same back in the day if there was a similar option. What I do blame however (blame?, no, condemn), is the unaccountable bean counters who have eroded the airline. We have bright shiny pilots who can fly as per the book, but who lack the experience that used to be considered essential to even be interviewed, never mind employed. The brain trust of hundreds of combined years of experience, both civil and military, is being eroded. Combine that with demoralised pilots (and their families), chronic fatigue and poor health and retirement benefits and the eventual consequences of that aren't too difficult to predict.