Originally Posted by TheBeak
And it doesn't take any more skills to be a trader than to be a pilot,
It takes zero skills but it does require a VERY, VERY thorough selection which starts with having the necessary academic qualifications which is generally nothing less that a first in Maths, Physics or something equally numerical. To be accepted into pilot training you could be a one toothed, dungaree wearing hick with no GCSEs or A Levels and have parents willing to put their £110000 Ex local authority flat in Hull up as collateral. There is less than no filtration required to become qualified. Sorry but there isn't. As vexed has said, traders make their companies money. Easy managers save their companies money. Pilots are like pieces of machinery, do as they are told and perform or they will be fixed or replaced.
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Like it or not, pilots don't create value nor do they increase profit. I would have thought most people would understand by now that pilots are sadly just an unfortunate operating cost for anyone wishing to do business as an airline.