Stevie - please don't think I am being arrogant. You and your type are not the 'target group' that I was referring to. You are not a cadet and bring a lot more to the party than they do. Presumably, when your aircraft is upset at high level, you wouldn't be the co-pilot who sat there with the side stick pulled fully back without bothering to tell anyone what you were doing/thinking. That young French guy killed himself and a whole aircraft full of passengers. That's the bottom line.
You have done your time and I admire you for it. Cadets with minimum hours have not and Cathay is encouraging that.
Don't be deliberately offended - my point was a generic one and you are not included - I think you know that.
I would love you to be covering my six because you know what I mean. There are several readers of this thread who will not have a clue what I mean by that.
Sorry to offend you - not my intention.