This thing about plumbers etc confuses me
What would you rather be doing ?
Driving about in traffic jams to get dirty, cold and p***** off with the customers ever demanding requests.....
or.............
Sitting on a nice warm flight deck and looking at blue skies ?
Having started life as a plumbers mate I can tell you there is no comparison. And if you want to earn anything like £40K + a year as a plumber you will be self employed and working all the hours you can muster and most weekends
PAYE plumbers earn around £21K..............
For those that haven't tried it, self employment can be a right pain in the **** (holiday pay ?? sick pay ???? what's that ????)
Next time you meet a plumber, either professionally or at the bar, ask him what he would prefer to be doing?
Most would swap places with you immediately.........
You can of course become a plumber if you want, I have yet to meet a pilot who has made the change. Most couldn't afford to take the drop in earnings. Then there is the subject of pensions, as a S/E plumber..............the lack of
Off for a Chinese now
DP