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Old 18th Mar 2011, 23:41
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One day in your shiny big jet you might be looking back on how you got there and remembering a lot of good times. One thing I have noticed with fellow pilots is it doesn't matter how you got there, it was one hell of an adventure!
I think you're missing his point. If Cadet schemes start taking up all the RHS jobs in jets as well as REX, then everyon in GA is going to be fighting over a very small number of jobs in airlines, which in turn will basically leave GA 'as the road to nowhere'. GA could potentionally go back to the days of you need 5000 hours to fly a chieftan because I have 5 resumes here with guys who have over 5000 hours and noone has a job to go to. You won't even be able to get job overseas as you need jet time in airliners to apply to those jobs.

This is probably good news for the RFDS and mining companies, but I think you will find alot of small operators and flying schools just closing their doors, which could be argued what should have happened all along.
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