G if you knew what the guys had to do in there fuglyship you would know where I was coming from.
It wasn't a slur on the youngsters.
There first type ratings were on the grass cutter for COV airport and the photocopier. And most of them racked up 1000's of miles per month at night shifting the freighter crews about.
And if anyone needed 10 ton of sand shifted by hand guess who got to do it. And if they were lucky they got to do a 12 hour ops shift as well.
The work is/was varied with very tenuous links to anything aviation related.
And it was all to be done with a smile.
To be honest I don't think I could have done it, certainly not with a smile or without numerous swear words.
But......
The ones that made it through all turned out to be exceptional all round pilots with PIC skills far more developed than you would expect with the hours on the CV.
Last edited by mad_jock; 19th Oct 2013 at 13:40.