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Old 10th Dec 2008, 15:50
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swish266
 
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About the time I put the picture of B767 maiden flight on the wall

(It was a fold-out from AW&ST) I saw a documentary about the life of an Airline Captain in America:
This guy was standing in front of a huge house on a lake, with a boat garage and about half a dozen cars (Merc included) parked in front. He also spoke of his other toy plane... After having put 3 kids through Uni...
15 years latter the highest earners in America (US Air) were taking home 180k on the average.
In 2008 I will earn altogether 110k EUR
I can kill when I go through security at LHR
I had a green hydr fail over the desert last week. Spoke via satphone to Engineering, got some chat via ACARS. Tough shivvv...
14000h
9000PIC (7000 on B767)
Currently Big Bus Driver.
Do your Maths...
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