Gone till November, that post cracked me up. P!ssed myself.
Youaintseenme. I suppose that you are right in saying 'thats life' But we pilots seem to be the only ones that have to live with this kind of stuff. Lets say you turned up to a building site where there was a job going that required you to undertake some training. Maybe operating an earth mover. Plenty of guys around that can operate smaller equipment that would be ideal for the job. Now you get a dude come in out of nowhere that offers to pay for his training just so he can get the job. He would be called a scab, fruit would be thrown at him and some union thugs would beat him up. Its lucky we pilots are somewhat more civilized and just say 'thats life'!
Now please, this post is tongue in cheek. I am in no way suggesting we beat up type rating payers, or throw fruit at them. Also I am not calling them scabs. I have been tempted by these scams as well! Still I am trying to make a valid point in a light hearted way. So no vicious attacks on the good name of helldog please.
