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Old 3rd July 2009 | 03:30
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john_tullamarine
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It's a different set of skills.

But you need to have done both to understand and appreciate that.

the pilots took it in turns to do everything backwards and forwards to Aldergrove out of LHR.

But it doesn't quite work that way. I had been doing just that on the Fokker for quite some time which lulled me into a totally over-rated and false assessment of my then current abilities.

It's a whole different ballgame when you are "IT" and no-one is there to lend you a hand if the going gets tough ... (even worse when the guy who isn't there is in the other seat laughing his head off .. )
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