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Old 14th Sep 2009, 18:25
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JW411
 
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Trust another pilot? You are joking of course.

I was a captain with a company that went bust. When the company went down the pan, I went to see the chap in charge of the pension fund (he is now underground - or even under water in his case) and asked him what I should do.

"Ah well", said he, "you haven't been here very long so you might as well take your contributions back and go". And so it was that I got a cheque for £3000 from the pension fund.

Some years down the road, another friend said to me one day "the pension fund is doing great". "Why?" said I. "Oh! Capt Bloggs is persuading lots of people who badly need the money to take out their 6% contribution and, of course, the 15% that the company contributed on their behalf still stays in the fund"!

That was the day that I grew up.

Trust a pilot in the flight deck - no problem.

Otherwise, forget it.
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