M L
If you have such a low opinion of the Airline Industry why are you waisting your precious time on this forum?

ML - I would only take seriously such comments and the mindset behind them, if the person making them (i) never ate a banana, organge or similar air-freighted tropical fruit, (ii) neither owned nor used any air-freighted Japanese or Asian technology be it a PC, watch, hi-fi or mobile phone, and (iii) only ever travelled within the UK mainland.

Unless you can claim to comply with all of the aforementioned criteria, I suggest you apply to become a Life Member of the National Hypocrite Association as you appear fully to meet its membership requirements.

:hmm:

This is a discussion forum. It's a shame when someone's views are dismissed as hypocrisy just because they seek to offer an alternative point of view to the mainstream for the purposes of discussion.

Perhaps the moderators can explain what rules I have broken merely by expressing my point of view?

Mod comment: Momentary Lapse, when you made the comment "puts on tin hat and retires to bunker” in your post #18 of this thread, you made it apparent you knew what would follow so fight your own corner. There have been no fouls committed here on either side yet. Play on but lets keep it adult folks. :ok:

always wanted to be a train driver, but the trains i wanted to drive are no more....fossil burning steam things from my childhood..boo. on the other hand the equivalent in this day and age is ...wait for it...airline pilot. Being a mainline steam driver in the 50's was a seriously respected Profession, much te same as an airline captain is today, indeed, it was also very much a 2 crew operation with the fireman(aka f/o) just as responsible for good performance as the boss. Still, I managed a footplate ride on the way to work the other day on the Gatwick express, very interesting but all he "bings" and "bongs" would drive me potty after a while......nice view though.

A friend of mine retired from the board of BA to spend his retirement helping run (and drive!) the watercress line in Hampshire - a lovely old Steam Railway run entirely by volunteers.

Something to do when the age limit bites!

G