Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Unfortunately, in Europe it seems part-time pilots and "self improvers" have seriously damaged the career business jet professionals.
Is that really so? I see it differently. We "self improvers" (or rather "self downgraders" considered the number of ph.d. holders in various disciplines and other highly qualified professionals who never forgot their childhood dream of flying an aeroplane and who now serve caviar and champagne to their passengers) have kept our sector alive over many difficult years. And for business aviation, the "difficult years" are those when the airline industry booms with everybody under age 40 running away from small jets. Without us "self improvers" or pilots otherwise not interested to drive airborne buses, bizjets would then either stay on the ground or be flown into the ground by those rejected from the airlines. Please think about that for a second.