Blackred1443, a fair post and the spelling was pretty good. I completely agree with you - I am a million miles from a socialist, make that a million light years but I do think people should work for what they have. I appreciate though that mum and dad will always do their best to help - mine would happily have done too, they offered several times but I honestly would never have trained to be a pilot on the collateral in their house. I can safely say, right now, I am incredibly relieved, happy and relaxed that I didn't take up their kind offer.
The Glide, I have genuinely paid for all of my training myself with the help of an unsecured loan - mine isn't crippling me though. Bar a couple of trial lessons at the very beginning I have paid for every flying hour I have had myself. As for my rating, the airline paid for it, in full.
I will be watching it, nodding my head in approval.
