in4thecheap...
You sound like an absolute w****r!! How does a professional pilot have such an ill informed opinion of the UAS? Without a doubt it provides exceptional flying training and a fantastic social life. Awesome happy hours, great parties and annual ski trips.
Never once did I polish any shoes on the weekend, and all the flying was done from Boscombe mid week leaving the w/e for heroic student activities!
Remember that comments like yours might be taken to heart by some interested in a career in the RAF. You never know, your ill informed rubbish might convince someone not to fill out that OASC application form.
Your ideal lifestyle sounds very like that of Jim Royle's! What a great advert you are for BA - you must be a great companion on a bucket and spade brigade red eye to Malaga.
If you want awesome flying and a great social life then join the UAS, it was grrrreeeat!
(Rant over)
[ 26 November 2001: Message edited by: Al Titude ]