Growing Evidence That The Upturn Is Upon Us
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Nice Youtube video by the way John. Surprising how you turned that woman into a tiger. Looked like all smoke, mirrors and sleight of hand to me
Anyway, we are only here stating we we personally think. Everyone is quite wlecome to go and spend £00000's of pounds on training. It doesnt matter if it's integrated or modular. I wish people would get off their high horses about the whole thing. Train if you want. Get an FI rating if you want. Pay for that type rating and sit on a jet as FO whilst doing it. Great. But don't then turn around in a few years and think, hey I should be getting paid more than I am, because the guys following you up that ladder will be doing the same and the companies will pay less and less, and the pensions schemes are long gone.
It's not for some people, me included.
All that's being said by the present doomsayers, is that things don't look rosy, and with £70k, you could do so much more!
Anyway, we are only here stating we we personally think. Everyone is quite wlecome to go and spend £00000's of pounds on training. It doesnt matter if it's integrated or modular. I wish people would get off their high horses about the whole thing. Train if you want. Get an FI rating if you want. Pay for that type rating and sit on a jet as FO whilst doing it. Great. But don't then turn around in a few years and think, hey I should be getting paid more than I am, because the guys following you up that ladder will be doing the same and the companies will pay less and less, and the pensions schemes are long gone.
It's not for some people, me included.
All that's being said by the present doomsayers, is that things don't look rosy, and with £70k, you could do so much more!
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From: London
I personally would not want to spend 000000000 to get where I want, and I agree those who is making an own goal.
All I said, was that looking at the figures, it is understandable that some people with more money then sense, might be tempted.
Most people I have met recently, believe modular is the way to go, still there will always be the brain dead who thinks Oxford is the best way, and dont mind loosing £70.000 of daddies money. That is just fortunate, because with that kind of own goal, they will not be around in 3 - 5 years, when maybe things starts to move.
All I said, was that looking at the figures, it is understandable that some people with more money then sense, might be tempted.
Most people I have met recently, believe modular is the way to go, still there will always be the brain dead who thinks Oxford is the best way, and dont mind loosing £70.000 of daddies money. That is just fortunate, because with that kind of own goal, they will not be around in 3 - 5 years, when maybe things starts to move.
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From: UK sometimes
Regarding the value of the pound, what the analysts do not take into account is that since the decimation of the UK's manufacturing industry, most of the sub parts required to assemble what is left to export are sourced from abroad.
End result, the product is actually more expensive to produce, so any advantage is eroded away.
End result, the product is actually more expensive to produce, so any advantage is eroded away.
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From: UK
IATA Airline Industry Recovering - but slowly...
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From: In Exile...
The group was ok, it was the private jet operation (What used to be Gold Air) that has met it's maker. Some good girls in the office up there, Good Luck...
*bugger, means i'll have to find somewhere else to watch the airshow from this year*
*bugger, means i'll have to find somewhere else to watch the airshow from this year*
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From: Cranfield UK
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I miss his insight too but have you seen the stats in Flight Training News or heard that BA have only lost £531 million last year not counting the volcanic fiasco or the strikes, that Avgas is over £7 per gallon here at Cranfield and that the previous government stuffed everyone in just about every sector by overspending, targeting the non-productive types with handouts and generally stuffing things up?
But other than that, everything's great I just won a new 2 yr contract and might be able to light the BBQ around September if I ration the gas in this cylinder!!!! but it will be a bring your own meat type party.....
But other than that, everything's great I just won a new 2 yr contract and might be able to light the BBQ around September if I ration the gas in this cylinder!!!! but it will be a bring your own meat type party.....
Last edited by SkyCamMK; 25th May 2010 at 19:07.
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From: In the office
It's not just the fuel that's expensive at Cranfield, on a recent pleasure sortie a friend and I were charged over £50 for a single engine landing fee - if there's ever to be a definite upturn for the poor guys (and girls) trying to scrape together enough cash to train, blatant money making institutions like this will not be involved in instigating it!
