Dream On !!!
I don't need to dream as I live that dream every day that I go to work and have done so through boom and bust for the last 36 years.
Several redundancies have not tarnished my love for the job, and as retirement looms another member of the clan has taken up the mantle and has a similar view of the future as I do.
Aerospace, as i have said before put up the facts that you know and offer constructive advice to those who will become our industries future.
I have met many who knock this industry, its future, terms and conditions in fact anything that does not meet their myopic view.
Do not try and put people off from joining any training course, as when the upturn comes there will be not enough pilots to fill those slots.
Proactive planning has never been a strong point of this industry but in this case we must plan for the future, And as training takes so long to complete we should encourage those planning on joining the industry to start now and be ready to fill those positions.
Earlier this year the statistics for employment were showing a higher rate than has been suggested here with several SSTR's in employment and others with BA, Flybe, Air Southwest to name but three.
Those coming out of training since May have had an increasingly hard time to find employment, those are the persons who have my sympathy and support, and who will have a hard time over the next months.
Training Now represents an investment in the future.