Who Should Pay?
Late..and hopefully good-humoured reply to BB about my "having done nicely" and "Golden Years". Mmmmmm now let's see... 6 times made redundant because of recessions, take-overs and bankruptcies.... 12000 incident/accident free hours.. self sponsorship (including 2 hefty secured loans) for Citation, Shorts 360, BAe125 and 737 type ratings. BUT...while I kept in work most of the time, the whingers and ne'er do wells waited for the industry to pick up! Not sure how "Golden Years" might be defined but, historically, those who have gone the extra mile have always made themselves potentially employable...even more so during recessions. As for meritocracy.... all candidates have the same licences and most have near identical training. Your true merits never become clearly apparent to your new employer until AFTER you have completed training and flown the line. Good luck to all Wannabees...... now re-arrange these words to form a well-known saying: spite, nose, face, don't, off, cut, your, to! Happy Landings. BM