3Reds,
Firstly, you are the first 101 year old airline pilot that I have come across that holds a class 1 medical.
Interesting post, and I must admit I couldnt not agree with you more on certain aspects of your post. I currently instruct, and have been quite suprised on the amount of airline pilots that have approached me, while I have been working, to find out how they can get back into GA, and what they have to do to teach on light aircraft. The general trend appears to be, they want to get a bit more 'hands on flying', and give something back to the training industry.
With regard to people not wanting get invloved with other aspects of aviation and only wanting to fly jets (after their CPL/IR), well I guess it depends on their motivation. Through my time instructing, which is now approaching a year, I have met all different types of people, and I find it quite interesting listening to people talk about what they want to achieve. I must admit I used to find it quite irritating, when people used to dismiss flying light aircraft, and who really, seemed to have no interest in aviation generally. However, I guess that is life
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After reading the majority of these posts, and many others, when this subject gets brought up, I would be interested to know what the general statistics are in people being employed after their TR. Like others here, I made a decision to instruct after finishing my training, however, a number of guys I know when down the TR road, to which all now are employed by various airlines.
Anyway I will continue to enjoy my spam can SupaPilot, beats sitting at a desk, even though I am constantly skint
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All the best.