Thank you for the agreement I-M. However, I shouldn't damn these chaps out of hand for their criticisms (reminding you that you've recently publically critised quite a lot of people in a flying magazine !). There are still a lot of aero-lecturers who haven't the benefit of your experience in industry - and remembering my time as a student, they are rarely the best lecturers. I know of one department in the UK (which hasn't been mentioned in this thread, and I'm not going to name names) which now has no lecturers with genuine industry experience. When that is happening, and few Universities have a majority of lecturers who have worked in the real world, you've got to expect a certain amount of flack.
Having said that, Glasgow has got a very good reputation in industry, and I'd be happy to employ one of your graduates. I confess I'd be a bit reluctant where (say) Imperial is concerned, since from what I've seen it is much too mathematical with very little real world grounding. On the other hand, if I wanted a CFD modeller, that's probably the first place I'd look - horses for courses!
G
[This message has been edited by Genghis the Engineer (edited 21 May 2001).]