Originally Posted by
Carnage Matey!
I also go to SEP every year and see just how good/bad some of you are at using a defib, fighting a fire or locking an incapacitated pilot in his seat.
Carnage....I will probably attract the hatred and anger of all the LHR crew here for agreeing with you (somehow I agree in principle but have different reasons) for most of the bassa/ba issues you've illustrated above....
HOWEVER, as for SEP, I agree standards vary a lot, but I have had SEP with colleagues of yours (flight crew) who were absolutely useless too!! In particular one of them was supposed to play the captain during the fire drill and he was a total disaster! And he's paid as a captain on the 777!!! This doesn't mean that all flight crew are useless at their job though, does it?
Please do not underestimate the role of the crew at the back, they have their skills which differ from yours and that's partially why you're doing different jobs. Most do fly in their own free time too you know (I used to see many colleagues of mine at goodwood/shoreham/popham etc) so have good flying skills as well but would never do your job for any money in the world (like me!).