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Old 9th Mar 2008, 12:56
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Capt Claret

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Wee willie

Why should anyone who has enjoyed a long and fruitful flying career want to deprive many young, experienced and highly capable pilots of a job or the prospect of promotion to the left seat?
Having waited 12 years to achieve a multi crew turbine command, and 16 years to achieve a jet command, why should I give up my achievements just to let a young, experienced highly capable Y generationer have a go? Why does a young person deserve more of a go than an "old, experienced, highly capable pilot"???

I'll be buggered if I'm going to walk away just because some one else believes they deserve what I've worked bloody hard to achieve. I just hope that I know when to go, rather than find out by failing proficiency tests.
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