Come on folks - I expected a much bigger response from the examiners and instructors than this. Or is it that many of you do remember the good old days? It certainly seems that so-called professionalism in the shape of BCPL's and now JAR-FCL CPL's have not done much to improve the salary level of FI and examiners in the last 19 years. When I left a club to join the CAA in 1984 I was on an annual salary of over £14K and many of you are still not earning this in 2003 with all the inflationary pressures since then. Putting the clock back is possible - we just have to make it happen despite the reactionary forces that will come out of the woodwork. The very future of GA depends on it.