Oooooh Arfur, you need a cuddle. It is all pretty awful now. I keep being asked for career advice but find very little to recommend. The race to the bottom is almost complete. No proper aircrew selection,no proper Cadet Schemes, No proper Colleges of Air Training like Hamble, everyone going to Cranwell these days with a handful of GCSE's. CX in your day took the cream (in most part, of course there was a back door) but pitch up with a prized UK ATPL, valid IR and Perf A & you would be given a HK ATPL in exchange. Now, just pitch up with a JAA, EASA, or anything else & moan about having to do some writtens. Good advice to tell people to stay away. The prizes & cream you enjoyed are no longer available and will not return. We had the best of this profession. Time to look back at the past with pride.