I was on that first Hamble course in 1960. When we graduated in 1962, we were told that BOAC did not need us but that BEA did. That was the start of my education in the fickleness of airline planning. I decided to stick with BOAC even though that meant two years of straight navigation on Britannias. After a while, unlike many pilots, I found that I loved navigation and did both on VC10s until INS came along. I have never regretted my decision.