Kelpie, I've done the 'up north' bit plus a bit of north of up north and west and east of there.
The main beef with cadetships within these hallowed halls (pprune) seems to be the belief that adversity is a right of passage. Put simply, It's not.
If V(whatever their name) can set up a quality cadetship, then good luck to them.
If GA companies suffer as a result, then Karma's a b!tch isn't it
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