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Old 19th Jun 2010, 14:37
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Tee Emm
 
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Which is another way of saying that the standards and culture in GA are well known to feature certain common traits, no matter what part of the world you might happen to be in. One of those traits is a preoccupation with saving money at all costs, and a significant amount of pressure on young, inexperienced pilots to "do the right thing" and always think primarily of the company when making operational decisions. Not all GA companies are like that, but the majority definitely are. Most of them will never spell out their operational preferences directly, but all GA pilots understand what is expected of them and all, to some extent, "play the game".
Having flown GA after coming from a career both in military aviation and airlines, I concur with the above. Just ask most airline pilots how would they feel about going back into GA should their current airline retrench pilots or fold altogether, it is a monty they wouldn't like to one bit because of all the quite valid points made above.
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