On the other hand, I have not had to sit in the right seat for years and years with BA, earning an F/O's salary and sucking the hind tit at the bottom of an iniquitous and indefensible bidline system.
In my 25 years of civil aviation I have spent precisely 1 year in the right seat. The rest of the time I have been earning bloody good money in the left seat and have a very nice final salary scheme pension to show for it.
Despite flying for several operators, I have earned much more dosh than I would ever have got if I had gone into BA 25 years ago and I have certainly had a hell of a lot more fun!
Last edited by JW411; 14th Jul 2004 at 16:23.