You may be right about that, and who knows? I don't know the man, so maybe he is a mature person, maybe he's a nice kid. I am just stating that I see alot of children of airline employees getting in the door straight into making big bucks as their first job without ever really having paid any kind of dues. They seem to be the ones that complain the most and do the least amount of work. Its out of whack. Why even get an education when you can get in the airlines and be set for life just about. It's all really about when you get in and where your seniority falls into place. Education and extra effort seems to be out the window. Pilots and mechanics seem to be the only ones with prerequisites to get hired with. Gotta have something to show before you consider even becoming a pilot or technician for the airlines. I see alot of short cuts with people relying on the unions to get them through the day at the coat tails of the educated ones that make the airlines run. Nothing personal and sorry if I sounded harsh, but that is just my view on the matter.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by uainhnl:
Wow, what's with all the hostility? I'm pretty sure this kid didn't do anything to you. Relying on BS talk and parents to get in? He said nothing about his parents. He also didn't say anything about doing this to make huge bucks. Just looking for an airline job that he can work while going to college.

While I can appreciate your views on people giving back to the country by serving in the military (I am a National Guard member, and my wife is a Reservist currently serving in Iraq), it's not for everybody, especially if he is looking at going through college right now.

Saying he needs to grow up and learn some work ethic is pretty harsh if you don't know anything about him. He may well be mature for his age and hard-working. There's no way for us to know either way. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>