Dear CB,
As I have said before, the answer is simple - I chose not to take a PPL.
"nasty airline's pockets." I never said that Manx were nasty, just abusing their monoply position with the help of the IOM govt.
"ferry", takes too long, I have tried it. "stay at home" tell that to my mother! "pay for business class", there is none to the IOM.
"Who really cares about another few inches of legroom?" On short haul, not me. My argument you continually misrepresent.
"If your time is up, then it's up." I am not a fatalist.
"try spending 7 hours on a N*tional Express bus and you will know what cramped is!"
I choose not to.
Now, back to the thread ...