Ooh, there's some grumpy old Scrooges out there!
Courtney refers to
'I'm a pilot and therefore must hand fly it'
But perhaps that should read 'I'm a pilot and therefore must (be able to) hand fly it'
But I am off-thread (again).
I am one of the older ones, but started late, which gives me two unusual perspectives.
Firstly being relatively new to it all, compared to my age, I still have plenty of enthusiasm for new challenges (training, for example) rather than the increasing modern trap of: in at 21, command at 24, trainer at 26, management at 30, burnt out at ..? And try to achieve such a meteoric rise in any other skilled manual job!
Secondly, and this is perhaps the real point, having been round the block a bit, I have done some pretty crappy jobs. Some were poorly paid, some boring, dirty or dangerous. And occasionally all of those things!
So heres the thing: maybe someone should start a new thread.
"The worst job I ever did".
Or was that covered by Derek and Clive.
Don't supose anyone under 45 will know what I'm on about.