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What exactly do pilots contribute to the greater good?"
We - the domestic pilots of Australia - tried to prove we were not necessary in 1989, but strangely the Government (and a lot of others) didn`t agree with us,
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Actually it would be interesting to see how long (if ever) it took before anyone noticed the effect on the mass population of a "blood sucking' lawyers" withdrawal of labour.
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I've never heard of a dentist practicing dentistry as a hobby or a lawyer practicing law as a hobby, nor....."
But I know a few pilots who pratice gynaecology for a hobby
And some doctors who make c
ts of pilots!!