The more i read this site the more i regret having come on here and the more i hope that the aviation world is not full of people like this. I may be only 17, but my father and I are incredulous at the childishness on display on this site. I was warned that pprune inevitably plunges into name-calling and handbagging but we are really taken aback. On my conversations with pilots on the line, I now realise why they say that those on Pprune are just stay at home weirdos! What an extremely strange life some of you must lead if all you have to do is post on this site all day. Was that the final breaking point which made her leave? Perhaps you never noticed. The job is that great that you come home and sit on here and talk nonsense about it? Strange- getting a kick out of instilling fear into people and attempting to use your position as a glorified bus driver to impress and frighten people. Control and power come to mind....no friends at home perhaps?
All of this my dad is bigger than your dad stuff- I cannot believe the childish name-dropping- are you the kind of guy who wears the stripes in Tesco even though you are not at work? Close to the truth am I? If nearly thinks that Alan Partridge is a genius then God help us. Reading through my posts again? Nothing better to do? I should be grateful for the knowledge! I live in the USA for part of each year and this site is just typical of how Brits are- anyone who has a different opinion is attacked- and no one has seriously disputed my claims on the brochure, although .... was man enough to agree with some of them. Not sure any FTO makes such wild inaccuracies. No, no one has disputed them- just a barrage of silliness. Because you had a poor-quality meal in a plane I am supposed to be jealous? Please realise that it is just a job- and not an intellectual one at that. What do you need? No qualifications whatsoever, and certainly judging by this site, no intellect either.
WWW you don’t rub shoulders with anyone who can bear a title, except to ferry them around and tidy their lapels, so don’t even go there. I, on the other hand, have visited the Palace several times and have even had a scotch in the House of Commons. You are very very ordinary i’m afraid, perhaps the class of girls at cheap Swindon nightclubs might be impressed with the stripes after work, but you’ll have to work harder for me unfortunately. You have no idea of my family’s history, which has had more impact on this nation than you would be able to understand- and I certainly don’t brag about it.
The irony is, WWW’s silly comments and clear class envy about my pocket money, lead us to think that he is anti-capitalist and anti-establishment. Yet WWW sits in a tube all day and all he has to offer is his labour! That’s right! SO you are in fact supporting the system you are busy running down! Your comp probably didn’t have as many nice books as my school has, but you need to read up on some fundamentals on the system. Oh i forgot, you fly for a non-profit making airline! Capitalism and rich people pay for the toys that you are flying about in – for a WAGE. Yes- a WAGE. They are using YOUR labour! Perhaps you are sore that after reading your heart-rendering story about your harrowing journey to sit in a tube with one other guy all day, you are just jealous of the fact that I have already flown a multiple of types and will get easier and quicker to that LHS than you. That is the fact. If you don’t like the capitalist system- do something about it rather than just serving the needs of our class and then whinging about it on a forum.
When I fly, it will be for fun, not for money, but I pray to God that the real people in the real world have a sense of reality and not of self-indulgence, self-righteousness or class-envy. Don’t forget- we’re all just glorified bus drivers, some of us just know where to put our knives and forks on the plate after our fish and chips and kebabs- deal with it. Farewell.