GK
The world has moved on.
As I have said in my earlier post, this is the age of ME PLC.
It is not a question really of what is good bad etc
The party is over and that is it.
A young friend of mine is building hours and often asks me for advice.
Here it is:
We are all responsible for our own skills portfolio and that once you get in the seat anything can happen out of it
Fail a medical, car accident,.........ad infinitum
Then what are you going to do? all that effort and suddenly you are unemployable. The plumber in 27C that you saw coming onboard and sneered at last week is now far more valuable than you. (this is allegorical)
As I learned working in the North Sea you are only as good as your last paycheck and that aviation is a fickle mistress.
One minute your being dragged into bed.the next your standing on the doorstep with no clothes and nowhere to go
Two Tun good luck