Okay, so this was not airline flying by any stretch of the imagination but it gave me (and her) a small taste of what corporate flying is all about and there is a lot more to Commercial Air Transport than big shiny jets full of p***ed up , whining , puking Brits on their way home from Costa del Pistalot.
Sorry I'm not picking on you yourself here. Just noticed. Lots of cliches appear on here time and again. Most of which are uttered by those not actually flying for an airline. The one favourite that always crops up is "big shiny jet". Most airline crew couldn't care less about that shiny jet crap but even if you're flying Britain's finest back from costa del whatever. It's still an aircraft. A commercial aircraft. The weather maybe crap. The limits tight. Cat 1 only, CAT II not avail. Check the Notams about that Glide being U/S?! Some command decisions required. Some fuel and weather thinking going on. Liasing with Ops and Cabin crew whilst in the hold. Ice is in the area. can't think too long.
I've flown for the Coastguard, Air taxi etc but airlines flying isn't easy boring crap that so often gets spouted by those who've never done it. Try it and tell me what you think after you've done it on a Winter's night. Whatever/ whoever you're carrying even if it's Britain's finest bears no relation in how easy it is to the job of bring the ship safely to Earth.