This thread might add something to the discussion:
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/For...ML/007333.html
Towards the end of the thread is this little nugget,
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">As an aside. Someone kindly sent me a copy of an article in Air Pictorial dated 1956
This went on at great length about how unfair it was that young pilots had to pay £1600 - £2000 to obtain a license when doctors etc were subsidized.
The last sentence read 'Plainly matters cannot be left where they at present stand'
Well, here we are 44 yrs on!!!!
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[This message has been edited by Flypuppy cuz he kant spel yit.]
[This message has been edited by Flypuppy (edited 30 April 2001).]