Thanks Maximum,
Sincerely thanks. Yet again wannabees blow out the pros visiting this forum with their breathtaking arrogance and naivete. We do receive word privately from those with a working licence that with the attitudes displayed here wannabees deserve every rip off going. It appears experienced alpha types loathe inexperienced alpha types because it reminds them what a pain in the arse they used to be. It makes life very difficult for us especially when wannabees, as a group, come over as being self centred and immature.
Outraged???? Answer this - how many relieved, licenced and working wannabees have paid anything back to this site by writing, simply writing more than a paragraph about interviews, testing, line training and flying the line. Who has ever come back and told you what it is really like 3 years or more down the line? I'll give you a clue the percentage begins with a zero, then a decimal point and then several more zeros before we get a number.
Therefore the brutal point has to be made that even last year's crop of wannabees can't stick you. How do I know this? Because the vast majority can't be arsed writing about it, any of it for you. Take the hint - wind your bloody necks in about the job till you've done it. Shut your mouths about how good the pay is until you are 24 months into life with CAP 371. Button your lips, epecially elswhere on the site, about how little you'd work for.
There is a world of a difference between enthusiastic and embarrassing
The test to the truth of that? Would you dare come out with any of this bollocks to experienced pilots who might put in a word for you? Not the interviewers - just someone who might hand in a CV for you. It is the same guys who we need to help you here and you clear them out on a weekly basis with your attititudes.
Finally, one point the working guys haven't touched on yet is every single working day of your life you will be treated at least once like suspect bombers and be searched by brian dead jobsworths who know, who absolutely know that we don't need to carry a thing to destroy our airliner and all on board.
Rob Lloyd
PS Puzzled or dismayed at the tenor of the posts here from the working pofessional pilots? Ask yourself this: where are the posts from those with 3 years or more of experience telling you it is wonderful and they way they'd hoped it would be? There are those of you who will sweep hangars, drive a van - in fact do anything to fly. There are others who can't think of anything better to do, it sounds good and have never done any sort of licence or work towards a licence. This thread is for them.
This weekend we celebrate the move to a new server and many changes - some to these forums. To reinforce the strength of our belief that many of you would be far better off working in the city or other professions we're making aviation experience, perseverence and application the cornerstone of all future sponsorship from the PPRuNe fund.
PPS - Sorry Reddo - my mistake. Do the jobsworths know you go feral at at times???
[b]PPRuNe speaks fluent aviation - bluntly and doesn't take any money from wannabees.[b/]