Originally Posted by
Easy Street
close the ab-initio route to multi-engine flying and make ME flying a career progression option for FJ and RW pilots. Rather than park ex-FJ and RW pilots as highly-paid OpsOs, FSOs or staff desk jockeys, why not put them in a multi for the last 5-6 years of their career and help them into civvy street at IPP with an affordable (for MoD) pension and a marketable skill?
On my flight to Cyprus in 1970 I wandered up to the flight deck on the Brit (as friend of mine was the Nav), and chatted with the pilot. He had had 12 years on Lightnings, enjoyed every minute, but was now happy for a quieter and more sedentary job which paid well, treated him properly, and allowed him to see more of the world. I think then the pressures to go civvie were not that great.