Even more frightening. . . by far!
Yes the position of Captain has been watered down, dumbed down, almost disolved or so my old man tells me and he should know he was one of the youngest Lancaster bomber captains during the early days of the second world war. He then went on to fly Comets, 707 and 747 aircraft retiring from BA just before the Captain became "just one of the crew". . .
But what I find more frightening is this. . why would a young man bother to work his bxxxxx off at school then universtity then flight school and obtain the ATPL(Frozen) to take a job for the "peanuts" a new F/O is offered and the absurdly poor working conditions? All he has to do is father 4 or 5 children (that bit is quite fun) hold out his hand and at only 20 years of age be handed, yes handed, Welfare of more than £1000 a month totally tax free, be given a "free" council house and all the contents therein and when challenged as to why an able bodied young man is not working his retort is "I am too busy looking after my young children to work" . . . .enuff said!!!
The Welfare State was the socialists answer to a problem but has now become the PROBLEM !!