But surely after you have been flying for umpteen years your passion for flying has gone, it's just a job, a job that you enjoy sometimes?
Do I have a passion for flying? I don't know, if it means I will fly for any kind of money or for any kind of company then no, I don't have a passion. But I can't think of another job that I would enjoy as much as being a pilot. I love the responsibility that my warrior gives me when I am in the circuit with other planes and on the commercial side, it is at the forefront of technology, heavily focussed on people and the world around us.
The prospect of losing my staff travel at 24 is also a consideration