Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Pilots, FAs and miles/points/travel bloggers don't generally fall into the category of being indentured servants or otherwise forced to work by their employers/clients. Working for money is part of ordinary life, no matter how or how much the job keeps you or takes you from home and whether or not the person is single, coupled or otherwise has a family.
If you think those above words are false, then I could understand your argument. But otherwise it seems like your post’s words seem made just to be argumentative for no useful purpose rooted in fact.
I do think they are false, or at least presented in a misleading way, suggesting a false binary between indentured servitude and complete free will, and the realities of low wage work are far different. I also think it is false to suggest that all forms of work are "ordinary" and that family and other responsibilities are irrelevant.
I was very clear about what I found problematic with your statement, and you are ignoring it, as is your shtick. It's clear we have different values, and I'm not sure why you rather belittle than just acknowledge that. If you were not trying to make those points, I'm not sure what the point of your initial comment, which I know, I had the *audacity* to respond to without acknowledging it's brilliance and logical moral clarity, was.
It's funny, because I almost posted that, per usual, you appeared to have weighed in for no other pirpose rather than to smugly snark at people, but didn't because I thought it would be a personal attack. But then look what you came back with. A class act.
You said: "Feeling sorry for pilots or flight attendants making their money by flying is a bit like feeling sorry for Lucky making his money by flying." I find that a false, illogical statement, one in which you compared two groups of people and are now insisting you didn't. I found that statement lacking in empathy and understanding of modern working life.