PaxBoy said
"Of all the threads that I have read on PPRuNe since I joined - this is the one that has surprised, and frightened, me the most."
If you want frightening threads on this site go to Rumours and News and find the discussions relating to rosters causing fatigued airline pilots, airline pilots apparently having fuel decisions made for them by accountants, and airline pilots turning up to work drunk (and then the others who crawl out of the woodwork and try and excuse that behaviour!!). You should also be aware that plenty of airline pilots in the UK have come out of training regimes that provide no real experience of general aviation, and plenty of others have obviously forgotten their roots. It's not all bad though, I know quite a few airline pilots who enjoy flying little planes and I think most would be as resistant to blanket mandatory Mode S as the people on this forum who only fly for fun.