Sorry to hear your news BFH. I have the same problem although I am 21. I have a part share in a PA 28 at EGSA (8nm SWW of EGSH)and regularly get treated like s**t by the old guard there. They claim that they want to attract young people to the club but in reality I am a bit too young for them. They look at me like I am about to hot wire someones car whenever I turn up and have developed a nasty habit of blaming everything from aircraft being left out to the bad weather on me. It is not just me either, if friends come along with me they get treated like s**t. It is not my immagination because the woman you is head of the group that I fly with tells me this, she was one of the people who were against me joining the group at age 19 because I was so young, even though I had the 100 hours qualifying time. She also tells me now that I have to tiptoe around people there incase I upset anyone, why should I??? Lets not forget the age of the guys who were flying over Berlin and Dresden 60 years ago.
Anyway mate not to worry, not all airfields are like it. I work at EGSV and the guys there are great, the instructors are airline pilots and ex RAF guys. When we are at FL350 we can talk in a bit more detail about these T**TS and what they are doing now.
As for me I am selling the share in my aircraft as I am sick of that airfield and have the hours for my CPL. I am not bitter because unlike the guys at EGSA I am young, relatively attractive, have my whole life ahead of me and do not require Viagra.
LE.
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