welcome to the 21st century. At the end we are nothing but bus or limo drivers to them.
Whenever I brief
ed my pax, I told them about the duration of flight. Every time they asked me, if I couldn't make it in a little bit less ...
Nobody appreciates pilots these days. It is still a bit different in Europe, but I am afraid it will change soon, too.
Face it, these days you have FS2000 pilot-"folks" telling you how to fly.
Aviation authorities? Forget it, when you look to Europe. What on earth justified a 570 quit examination fee when I took my written navs five years ago? Unless you visit the CAA in person, their inquiry system is - like all the other European authorities - cr@p. You are on hold for 30 - 45 mins, and you hear in a loop about 200 times how short-staffed and overworked the poor hobbits in their aviation house are.
sometimes it seems aviation is a curse
