VFE said - "Perhaps those who will be most affected by any non-professional scabs coming in will be well out of the game by then?"
What a w****r. My word has been carefully chosen as I am incensed.
Prior to 1988 and the BCPL I estimate that 80% of FI's were PPL's. Then those with a current FI rating were presented with BCPL(R) without any further examination or flight test. Were these non-professional scabs who instantly became professional scabs?
They were not scabs at all. The training they gave over many decades to the student pilots in the UK was fine. Equally as good, if not better, than is the case today.
Both before and after the paper process of professionalisation they were paid for the work they did while moaning about the size of their remuneration. So nothing changes there.
Cheers,
Trapper 69
