aergid, I think things are different now. My mate is a retired BA captain (started on BEA Vanguards, then via 1-11s to long haul 747 and 76 / 77). He tells some terrible tales of stuck-up 'Nigels'.
My mate is from Newcastle and calls a spade a spade. When he was being checked out on the 747 his instructor was snotty short bloke who thought he was god but was actually a cr@p instructor. One morning my mate (who'd been a teacher before joining BEA so knew a bit about imparting knowledge) collared this guy by the steps:
"Listen matey, your job is to f*cking teach me to fly this f*cking aeroplane, and you haven't a f*cking clue! I'm learning f*ck all from you! You had better F*ucking change your attitude or I'm going straight back into that f*cking crew room to report you for incompetance".
After that all was well!
I think there are more guys like my mate in the job now that there are thos self-important 'Nigels'!
Last edited by Shaggy Sheep Driver; 6th Dec 2012 at 09:20.