Yep, you're absolutely right!
I have said, from the very start of my time on this website, that I would prefer to have started off in light aircraft, flown air taxis, twotters, the ATR etc. In fact, I never had a dream to fly jets. I trained as a pilot not for the money or glamour but for the
flying. But I am a realist and as I came to this as a second career, my responsibilities and better half's needs dictated my career path.
I'm unhappy at being labelled a child of the magenta line and it's primarily because the truth hurts. I know I don't have the raw flying skills I'd like to have. However, I am doing my utmost in my line flying to 'teach myself' because I know the system
won't. 1500 hours on type and I'm even more acutely aware of my limitations, but the key is that 'I am aware' and I
am doing something about it.
Happy flying and motoring.