Original Message

Well, I've never heard a helicopter pilot retiree say "man, I wish I'd have stayed around a little longer" and almost ALL of them say "I wish I'd retired 5 years ago".

Maybe I just see a bunch of grumpy ones (even if they're nice guys), but regardless, you probably don't know how frustrated you've become with X company you work for and your negativity is not doing anyone else any good (unless you're using your street cred to get the company to change and most guys are too checked out at the door to do anything to help the next guys).