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Old 2nd March 2002 | 05:42
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Wee Weasley Welshman
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Hey hey - I have no problem with people like Cat Driver giving what they feel to be honest advice. I have survived FAR more scathing argument on PPRuNe than this over the years. I am the original Immoderate Moderator <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

To be honest the crop spraying is a non starter for a brit with 200hrs. You ain't up to the job, nobody is going to hire you in a tiny market and its all very well believing in fair play in Europe but Juan Sanchez the Ag flying Boss will hire young Pedro before young Peter EVERY time. And rightly so really. Operating with a handful of people in a VFR hazardous environment the inablity to communicate effectively would be dangerous and detrimental to operational effectiveness.

The chap from Wales needing a tug driver is deluged with applicants this year. There are unemployed pilots looking to be tug pilots up and down the country who have hundreds of hours gliding under their belts and I know of at least one club (Long Mynd) that has turned down someone with an unfrozen ATPL and a BGA Silver to his name...

A relevant ground job as suggested might be the most realistic proposition I am afraid.

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