Interesting stuff foggy!
Comparing against '91.
Don't forget at the time just after the Gulf War, Options for Change had just released loads of our friends in light blue on to the job market.
These days Her Majesties flying club is far smaller and as so is producing far less potential airline pilots, add this to the five figure retention bonuses that have been knocking around and half the traditional supply of pilots has dried up!
No figures just 'bloke in a pub told me' facts!
