Prune Pop - I am not a wannabee - I am an experienced MCC / Jet Simulator instructor at BAE Systems Jerez (as you would have seen if you'd checked my profile), training the guys who go on to major airlines (and some not so major airlines) as well as those brave souls who have dug deep into their pockets to obtain a licence without sponsorship.
Now I feel that those guys who are self sponsored deserve to have some support and if someone has offered a potentially attractive deal then the wannabees who want to discuss it in open forum should be allowed to do so. That does not constitute free advertising in my book - it is free speech for the guys who may benefit.
Now, our management here are happy that the deal being offered by "they who must not be named" is genuine - it is backed by Scottish Enterprise, a government organisation, and the management of "they who must not be named" have satisfied us and Scottish Enterprise that they are legit.
So, what have you got against M****s? Do you not believe us when we say they are legit? Are you upset that you never got such a deal when you were a wannabee? Or is there some other reason? Because stopping wannabess discussing something that may get them the help they need to become professional pilots seems to contradict the whole ethic of this web site.
If you don't want people to discuss anything that may benefit them but may also in doing so provide "free advertising" for the supplier because it will cost you "too much money", you may as shut down PPRuNe now. I am not suggesting you give away free advertising but I am suggesting that you allow the wannabees to discuss these matters freely - two philosophies that are NOT incompatible.
Do you prevent people discussing sponsorships by BA, Brit, Air 2000, KLM UK, Airtours etc. because it "gives the sponsor free advertising"? M****s did not initiate the threads - interested/concerned wannabees did. So play fair, let the aspiring pilots discuss their thoughts, hopes, dreams and concerns in the open as this is what this site SHOULD be all about.
[ 10 October 2001: Message edited by: moggie ]