Old Wally has a tear in his eye, must be the hrs spent on the lawn tractor (rideon) but a Tnxs is in order for 'Elf', but not to you Jabba dabba doo
....you ain't too far behind me anyway buddy, it just means I got here b4 you
Up until the 'bus' all my endo's where free for want of a better word although when you think about it we have ALL paid for flying as a job etc since we got that silly notion of wanting to fly
It's not hard to see that this industry has changed over the years like most industries mainly to adapt to the way society now lives, mostly more fugal due not enuf to go around but at least aviation isn't dead yet
Wmk2