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Old 6th Nov 2003, 06:39
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" (- Hamlet)

CH4:

Look, I was merely speculating about a possible interpretation of the current trend. I made no inflection of my experience level or the safety of low cost airlines.

I do however find the current practice of airlines and training organisations colluding to encourage desperate people to get even further into debt to improve their bottom line or line their pockets quite distasteful. That is my opinion. I wouldn't be at all upset if popular opinion forced them to stop this practice, and I doubt many on PPRuNe would do on either. You on the other hand have a business interest for the trend to continue.

And it is nonsense to suggest that this would stop wannabes getting their chance. Do you think experienced pilots are somehow grown on trees, or once one's ATPL is unfrozen the ageing process stops? No, of course not.

Before you accuse me of believing that the world owes me a living, I can assure you that isn't the case.
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