Long ago, and far away, even before Raven joined, in an airline based in Hong Kong, several airline pilots and flight engineers were discussing investments. One of them had noticed a poster on the crew room board proclaiming astounding returns for quite a large investment. As they all knew lots about flying they also must know lots about investment, so they contacted the firm on the poster, and ended up being proud owners of a glittering brand new apartment block in the leafy suburb of Queens in New York city. The payment cheques rolled in for 4 or 5 months to much chortling and boasting in the crew room about their investment...... until the cheques stopped that is. The most senior F/E was hastily authorised to use syndicate funds to visit said garden suburb, and on a dark and stormy night (?) found the derelict vacant lot with its itinerant junkies and pikeys festering in the gloom. Assuming he must have the address wrong, he trudged to the nearest police station, and explained his predicament to a large Irish sergeant behind the desk who replied the immortal words: "You're about the 5th guy to turn up here about that vacant lot, YOU MUST BE AIRCREW TOO!). To add insult to injury one of said itinerant junkies had snuck away with his briefcase during this exchange, leaving him with no passport/ticket etc........... The only personnel worse than airline crew at investment are dentists for some reason. Avoid all syndicates populated by fellow crew members like the plague, any investment advisor that has an office in Hong Kong, and anyone associated with CX. Then you may have achance of retiring (at 65) with your pot of brass......
