Flystudent I can just about see you being able to have a poke at scroggs for being a graduate of Aunty Bettys Flying Club in respect to civilian training. But he has been in the civilian market now long enough to know the score and he knows what the recruiting market is like.
But not to believe Rob get a grip, do you really think he dosn't have better things to do than try and spread miss truths to wannabies. The more wannbies throw back GOOD advice back into faces of these very experenced people the more they won't be bothered answering wannabies questions.
If you had been to a bash you would realise that there are BA line Captains as moderators on PPrune. Do you really think if rob or scroggs where talking crap they wouldn't have a wee word and correct them?. Or even the fact that there are quite a few known ppruners are Chief Pilots of various outfits? Some are seen in wannabies occasionally.
The moderators and other working pilots are all for wannabies, they don't like it when wannabies are getting mislead by either the schools or the companys into spending money with out good reason.
So why on earth should you believe some person from BA who dosn't fly who might have a slight input into the administration of pilot recruitment which they havn't done for 3 years so are proberly still got the same briefing sheet, but no actual input at all about the requirments or personalities required. Thankgod BA use to have line pilots doing the final interview. Its the chief pilot and the ops manager who decide whats needed then they tell the admin.
Or of course you could believe the pilots who have been there done that and got the job who sit in the sim every 6 months with the people who actualy make the calls. Who ask us where we got our training from. Do we know anyone decent etc etc.
So wind your neck in, if you don't like a reply i suggest you keep your thoughts to yourself. These guys will get pissed off giving there knowledge for free, just for it to be thrown back in there face by someone who struggles to keep straight and level on instruments. It might not bother you when they can't be arsed anymore because you think your right (when actually your talking ****e) Its the 1000's of other wannbies who have lost out on 100's of combined years of commercial aviation.
MJ
