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Forum: Rumours & News
11th May 2015, 06:44
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Excelent post f4. Sorry if i put any backs...

Excelent post f4.

Sorry if i put any backs up. I was putting accross a view of what ''most' non pilots think. (Not actually my view - just an alternative view).
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 20:57
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

172 driver- I'm pretty aware of the state of the...

172 driver- I'm pretty aware of the state of the industry, especially in regards to low hour cadet and FO ts&cs. But it's not just 'some list' - they are THE official government figures (for the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 17:28
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Ok back to thread... No. I dont think any...

Ok back to thread...

No. I dont think any of you are under unacceptable pressures. And clearly neither do your managers, nor the airline owners, nor the regulators, nor the politicians, nor the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 16:36
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Professional pilots can discuss "airline pilots...

Professional pilots can discuss "airline pilots buckling under unacceptable pressures" amongst yourselves until the cows come home. Although its not really a proper discussion if there's only one...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 16:04
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Yes I did choose to be a pilot, its 22 years...

Yes I did choose to be a pilot, its 22 years flying this year (started at 17), I didnt make it to airlines, and went back to my previous industry.

Im putting forward the viewpoint of a...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 12:38
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

haughtney1- i assume when you've experienced the...

haughtney1- i assume when you've experienced the "debilitating" fatigue you reported it? And you inform your company that your sick day is directly due to fatigue?

No?

Well then, officially...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 11:37
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Fox - i hope you had a great sleep. Career...

Fox - i hope you had a great sleep. Career choice, is the answer to your question. Same reason why after a 22 hour day i open my laptop and start responding to client's emails and i ask the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2015, 09:31
Replies: 272
Views: 115,832
Posted By clunk1001

Playing devils advocate - but you guys are...

Playing devils advocate - but you guys are limited to around 900 hours per year?

Many people in demanding jobs will do 900 hours in 3 or 4 months! plus commute! With earlier starts, and later...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd May 2015, 18:06
Replies: 73
Views: 29,426
Posted By clunk1001

Wx

Weather was utterly attrocious. Just driving past the airport earlier was tretchrous enough - as a CPL/IR with 20 years flying in this area I wouldnt have gone anywhere near the sky today.

And it...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
19th Mar 2015, 16:47
Replies: 26
Views: 26,273
Posted By clunk1001

A valid and fair point portsharbourflyer. ...

A valid and fair point portsharbourflyer.

Also, as a Taxidermist you'd be tearing out the hearts of small harmless creatures, bleeding them dry, and then filling them full of useless fluff,...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
19th Mar 2015, 13:40
Replies: 26
Views: 26,273
Posted By clunk1001

If you are still looking for an airline job and...

If you are still looking for an airline job and have £16,000 lying around (check behind the cushion on the sofa – that’s where I always find mine), I’d suggest there are better ways of spending it...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
1st Feb 2015, 08:45
Replies: 14
Views: 6,569
Posted By clunk1001

Just for the sake of a balanced perspective...

Just for the sake of a balanced perspective Centropy - were you a 250hr wannabe when going into the AQC? Or were you perhaps from a different background?
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
31st Jan 2015, 08:57
Replies: 14
Views: 6,569
Posted By clunk1001

You can quote all the research in the world but...

You can quote all the research in the world but the FACT is that airlines today want young inexperienced cadets with little in the way of life experience.

The motivation behind their selection...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Jan 2015, 12:36
Replies: 14
Views: 6,569
Posted By clunk1001

My tip would be : try being a bit younger,...

My tip would be : try being a bit younger, perhaps 23 or similar.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Dec 2014, 09:29
Replies: 51
Views: 12,164
Posted By clunk1001

No – it is FACT, from the Office of National...

No – it is FACT, from the Office of National Statistics. Same as last year. Pilots are the highest paid (based on PAYE).

...of course, those who do earn substantially more than you, just dont...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th Nov 2014, 18:04
Replies: 16
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Views: 5,960
Posted By clunk1001

Thanks uberpilot, but I agree more with your...

Thanks uberpilot, but I agree more with your post from September :



That was good advice.

I'm not sure what's changed in two months though?
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th Nov 2014, 08:27
Replies: 16
CTC
Views: 5,960
Posted By clunk1001

I'll just answer #5 They dont tell you there...

I'll just answer #5

They dont tell you there is a very high chance that your son will NOT get a job, and that you'll have paid £120,000 for him to become a waiter with no usable qualification. ...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
16th Oct 2014, 12:00
Replies: 19
Views: 3,520
Posted By clunk1001

I've got recent experience dealing with the CAA...

I've got recent experience dealing with the CAA on this subject.

I’d been flying for around 15 years, and held a class 1 for about 3 years. I’d been job hunting for about a year or so after...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
5th Oct 2014, 17:21
Replies: 9
Views: 3,755
Posted By clunk1001

Yeah, don't mention the FSX thing too much. ...

Yeah, don't mention the FSX thing too much.

It's a bit like trying out for an under 21s football team by telling them you've played FIFA a lot.
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
7th Sep 2014, 09:30
Replies: 13
Views: 2,241
Posted By clunk1001

Wow - didn't think you'd be so easily baited Luke...

Wow - didn't think you'd be so easily baited Luke ;)

But it demonstrates my point - I've been flying for 22 years (hence why I'm on this forum), and in that time have worked on and off within...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Sep 2014, 16:08
Replies: 13
Views: 2,241
Posted By clunk1001

Oh yeah - and expect to get a lot of that. ...

Oh yeah - and expect to get a lot of that.

Unless your job involves sitting watching an autopilot for 6 hours a day, some may consider that you have nothing worthwhile to contribute to an...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Sep 2014, 09:28
Replies: 13
Views: 2,241
Posted By clunk1001

Keep applying, keep flying. Nice to see...

Keep applying, keep flying.

Nice to see someone on here looking for a career in aviation outside of the cockpit!

Having said that, the mods might move your post because you're not a desperate...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Sep 2014, 21:58
Replies: 17
Views: 4,161
Posted By clunk1001

Brilliant! That sounds familiar - I'm sure...

Brilliant!

That sounds familiar - I'm sure that question came up in my ATPLs!!

no...wait...hang on, forget that, I'm thinking of the 'Two nuns in a bath' question...

sorry for the...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Sep 2014, 18:41
Replies: 17
Views: 4,161
Posted By clunk1001

An active involvement in their home Church and...

An active involvement in their home Church and support from this Church for their application to MAF.
A sense of personal calling to Christian mission work with MAF.


Religious organisations...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
7th Aug 2014, 12:18
Replies: 77
Views: 15,874
Posted By clunk1001

John – As a business owner I love this attitude,...

John – As a business owner I love this attitude, as it allows my accountant to say …. "That’s great boss - we can exponentially increase the number of cadets we employ (from any old background), and...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
6th Aug 2014, 13:22
Replies: 77
Views: 15,874
Posted By clunk1001

This hits the nail on the head for me. I...

This hits the nail on the head for me.

I don’t really want some raw cadet practicing with me and my family in the back. In the same way I don’t want a surgeon ‘practicing’ on my appendix, or my...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
28th Apr 2014, 07:48
Replies: 1,039
Views: 639,912
Posted By clunk1001

MikeHotel has hit the nail on the head there. ...

MikeHotel has hit the nail on the head there.
But money is only half the issue - people established in professions tend to know their worth, and the total lack of respect afforded to pilots at the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Apr 2014, 19:55
Replies: 425
Views: 205,964
Posted By clunk1001

Journey man, I'll have a go at quantifying that...

Journey man, I'll have a go at quantifying that for you with a simple analogy ...
My spaniel is trained well, we'll above normal training for a domestic animal, he comes when I call, and sits when I...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Mar 2014, 13:26
Replies: 425
Views: 205,964
Posted By clunk1001

ADM - I'm surprised someone who earns as much as...

ADM - I'm surprised someone who earns as much as you doesn't have a basic understanding of irony. That's ironic.

But rather than spending time looking that word up in a dictionary - why don't...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Mar 2014, 11:50
Replies: 425
Views: 205,964
Posted By clunk1001

Well said Dick. :ok: It's all ADM seems to...

Well said Dick. :ok:

It's all ADM seems to post about. I cant stand people like that.

PS.
ADM, I earn more than you, I work less than you....but I also pay less tax than you too. :p
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Mar 2014, 07:45
Replies: 107
Views: 33,294
Posted By clunk1001

Ha ha ! Nice one ! :ok:

Ha ha ! Nice one !

:ok:
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
4th Mar 2014, 18:02
Replies: 20
Views: 8,249
Posted By clunk1001

Integrated? You must have missed the...

Integrated? You must have missed the wife/kids/mortgage bit bealzebub :p

But it probably is your best chance of getting a job which will pay your mortgage each month mbwings...

I was modular.
...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2014, 08:41
Replies: 10
Views: 1,660
Posted By clunk1001

FTOs who advise otherwise should really do their...

FTOs who advise otherwise should really do their homework...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Mar 2014, 08:57
Replies: 20
Views: 8,249
Posted By clunk1001

I was in a similar situation - up north (even...

I was in a similar situation - up north (even further north than you), young family, and I started training in the hope of eventually getting a flying job comutable from home. I accepted the fact...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Jan 2014, 13:35
Replies: 23
Views: 136,675
Posted By clunk1001

...in the morning. Smells like... victory. ...

...in the morning. Smells like... victory.

Awesome.:ok: Chris49 - was that your response to 'why do you want to be a pilot'? or was it that other interview favourite 'tell us about your...
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