Why I love the recession!
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that guy really needs to get a life.
do you think if i wanted to get a bmw, id go and work in McDonalds to save up for years, and when i have the money, the dealer tells me i have to wait for a year for them to stock up. damn that sucks... yet
im not gonna cry over the rich
that did get to realize their dreams.
thats not a winners attitude, its a Loosers attitude. and Loosers shouldn't get their fATPL lol.
hey by the way.
the bank approved my loan, and i didnt even have to put my parents house up for collateral. not i'm paying my arse off, but i fly heavy metal !
and pretty much in command of it
do you think if i wanted to get a bmw, id go and work in McDonalds to save up for years, and when i have the money, the dealer tells me i have to wait for a year for them to stock up. damn that sucks... yet
im not gonna cry over the rich
that did get to realize their dreams.thats not a winners attitude, its a Loosers attitude. and Loosers shouldn't get their fATPL lol.
hey by the way.
the bank approved my loan, and i didnt even have to put my parents house up for collateral. not i'm paying my arse off, but i fly heavy metal !
and pretty much in command of it
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Heavy Metal...
Hmmm your flying heavy metal you say... funny... I thought only Bruce Dickenson could lay claim to that accolade ! 
A pointless post but it made me smile and hopefully some others too !
Grouse
A pointless post but it made me smile and hopefully some others too !
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haha wow thats sweet, i didnt get that bruce dickenson thing you wrote, but i didnt have to search too much, and i got what u meant.
haha wish i knew bout the show earlier,
as we dont get those here in the caribbean.
but youtube is a start.
maybe a good show for "recession" to see and enjoy how to do things !!
by the way, the 727 episode is sweet !
with his pocket full of money, he chartered a 727 in FL and flew it around.
something u cant' do when working in a McDonalds:P
haha wish i knew bout the show earlier,
as we dont get those here in the caribbean.
but youtube is a start.
maybe a good show for "recession" to see and enjoy how to do things !!
by the way, the 727 episode is sweet !
with his pocket full of money, he chartered a 727 in FL and flew it around.
something u cant' do when working in a McDonalds:P
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Dickenson
I haven't seen that many episodes but the ones I have seen are good. Think he even flies fans out to gigs around and about in the US as well at times... life of riley ay!
Anyways good times... we have creeped the topic onto more fruitful and entertaining pastures. However this is not to say that i'm not totally jealous of Bruce dickenson and would like to see him lose all of his money so he can't pay to fly anymore... grrr angry ! *Goes away to think up some troll like post to vent anger*
Anyways good times... we have creeped the topic onto more fruitful and entertaining pastures. However this is not to say that i'm not totally jealous of Bruce dickenson and would like to see him lose all of his money so he can't pay to fly anymore... grrr angry ! *Goes away to think up some troll like post to vent anger*
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I do struggle though to reconcile now with, say 1992, because back then Ryanair and easyJet were only 4 and 5 years away. I simply, in Europe, cannot see another period of turbocharged growth in pilot jobs like the one we have just experienced. There simply isn't scope for another 450 jet airline in the EU even with the complete modernisation of the Eastern nations.
The goldrush is over. The industry has sucked in a vast swathe of relatively youngish pilots and recruiting in the JAA/EASA states is going to drop right off. Back to normal some might say. But normal is going to feel fairly frugal.
The goldrush is over. The industry has sucked in a vast swathe of relatively youngish pilots and recruiting in the JAA/EASA states is going to drop right off. Back to normal some might say. But normal is going to feel fairly frugal.
I see colleagues heading off to the desert with no command time in their logbooks, firmly convinced that they are off for a 3 year stint, living the playboy dream on the 777, living in "Pussy Towers" in Dubai before returning to the UK to settle down. They all seem convinced that UK airlines in 3 -4 years time will be just dying to put 777 rated FOs on command courses for A320/B737 bucket-and-spade routes.
What happens to recruitment when RYR take delivery of their last -800? How long will it be before we see a 15 or 20 year wait for command at EZY or RYR. What will this do to wannabe recruitment? Non-expanding airlines don't have large recruitment needs...
Recession is an arse btw
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Though his post could have been a little more 'diplomatic', recession does have a point. I tried going the easy route couple of years back and circumstances being what they were at the time I came to a brutal stop and had to go back home after spending 6 months in a flying school in a foreign country. I was fresh out of high school and was certain I could get my parents to take a loan and repay it afterwards when id get that job flying shiny jets. Its been a couple of years since that didnt happen and im now working in a 'normal' office earning a decent salary from 0800 to 1700 Mon-Fri. Trust me when I say (as well as the other more mature guys here) that you know nothing of life when you're fresh out of high school still living at your parents'. I thought I knew everything back then but how wrong I was. couple of years in the working world pushing papers and dealing with all sorts of persons and situations and slowly you start to see the bigger picture. If you really love flying (and indeed surviving), go get some degree or diploma in a different field, work for a while ,save those bucks and slowly build your flying experience but never give up. oh and did I mention I cant do that because even though I have a decent salary more than half of it goes into repaying the loan i took to go abroad, study for 6 months and abort. I dont even have a PPL. so dont do the same mistake.
Im gonna be honest though I have no intention of sitting behind a desk pushing papers and staring at a laptop screen all day for the rest of my life. I havent given up on flying just yet. its just going to take more time because of my mistakes.
Im gonna be honest though I have no intention of sitting behind a desk pushing papers and staring at a laptop screen all day for the rest of my life. I havent given up on flying just yet. its just going to take more time because of my mistakes.
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Guess you haven't been reading the papers or watching the telly.
The whole reason we have this here recession is cuz banks were loaning 80, 90, 95, and even 100% of appraised value, and were not paying attention to incomes AT ALL.
The whole reason we have this here recession is cuz banks were loaning 80, 90, 95, and even 100% of appraised value, and were not paying attention to incomes AT ALL.
The failings of 2 years ago and longer, are the reason the criteria are now stricter. It is the situation now that was being discussed. Present tense rather than past tense.
FamousGrouse21,
It's off topic but unlike John Travolta, Bruce Dickensen doesn't need "all his money" to "pay to fly"...He is a properly qualified airline pilot and a 757 captain for Astreaus when he isn't doing his head banging thing.
It's off topic but unlike John Travolta, Bruce Dickensen doesn't need "all his money" to "pay to fly"...He is a properly qualified airline pilot and a 757 captain for Astreaus when he isn't doing his head banging thing.
