Well Hippy here in the U.K. it seems that the biggest problem is,as some people have already mentioned,that a school leaver ain't going to want to stick his/her arm round the u bend of an a/c toilet just to get it out on time.They would rather spend their time in an office in front of a computer generating paperwork for us and getting paid more than us for doing so.Can't say I blame them! BUT come the day when the industry realises that it's taken us for granted it may be too late.In the company that I work for I reckon you could count the amount of skilled metal workers @ LHR on your fingers.Some might say that you don't need to have this skill,but how are you going to fix that dink that the caterers have just left you eh? Think on industry bosses when you decide how many apprentices you can "afford" this year & the next,cos this situation is going to bite you on the bum if you ain't careful.British Aerospace & the R.A.F. can't keep the industry in young blood like they used to.It's up to you management types to make our deal a bit sweeter & then you might encourage people to join/stay in this game.
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Spannering the gap (:-)