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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

17th Oct 2012, 08:52

Replies: 37

fATPL is only halfway there if that

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Posted By flyingpicket

That’s a very good point Mad Jock. A lot of old...

That’s a very good point Mad Jock. A lot of old folk do tend to live in the past and find technological advances baffling. Some mature gracefully and mellow in their old age, encouraging, advising,...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

16th Oct 2012, 22:48

Replies: 37

fATPL is only halfway there if that

Views: 4,011

Posted By flyingpicket

And my next door neighbour has been alive twice...

And my next door neighbour has been alive twice as long as Trucker, but I'm sure you would take any careers advice she offered you with a pinch of salt.

As for his last post, 'cynical' doesn't do...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

16th Oct 2012, 20:07

Replies: 37

fATPL is only halfway there if that

Views: 4,011

Posted By flyingpicket

Truckflyer Not sure I share the joke, but the...

Truckflyer
Not sure I share the joke, but the tests, as I’m sure you must already know, include:

Flying aptitude, hand / eye co-ordination and spatial awareness
Academic, mathematical and...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

16th Oct 2012, 14:30

Replies: 37

fATPL is only halfway there if that

Views: 4,011

Posted By flyingpicket

Jugs: Have you forgotten these...

Jugs:

Have you forgotten these posts already? They weren’t that long ago, and now you are doing exactly the same thing.

With that comment, you are branding a few thousand people...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

30th Sep 2012, 11:29

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

Blueplume, A very well-presented argument....

Blueplume,

A very well-presented argument. Just a couple of points I would query though:

The first relatively cheap package holidays available to the common masses started in the late fifties...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

29th Sep 2012, 21:34

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

MikeHotel: Something like this perhaps? * *...

MikeHotel: Something like this perhaps?

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* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W A R N I N G ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
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Forum: Terms and Endearment

29th Sep 2012, 09:49

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

MikeHotel Thank you for your moral support in...

MikeHotel
Thank you for your moral support in the first paragraph, and AMEN to the last one! :ok:

Forum: Terms and Endearment

24th Sep 2012, 10:31

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

DtH: I'm trying to say exactly what I have...

DtH:
I'm trying to say exactly what I have said. I don't believe it's possible to be any clearer than that. :ok:

Forum: Terms and Endearment

24th Sep 2012, 09:21

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

Professor Rubik, I actually believe that in the...

Professor Rubik,
I actually believe that in the main, both your posts have made a worthwhile and positive contribution to this thread. However, if you make offensive and disparaging remarks about a...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

23rd Sep 2012, 22:11

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

Stuckgear ”i am not bitching and moaning. i...

Stuckgear

”i am not bitching and moaning. i am calling it as it is:”

“now i see no future as a viable career for the next 25 years of working life…”

Sounds a hell of a lot like bitching...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

23rd Sep 2012, 20:08

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

Wow, there’s nothing like a wet weekend to bring...

Wow, there’s nothing like a wet weekend to bring out all the nasty professional trolls! Why are there so many bitter and twisted individuals who delight in aiming offensive and vitriolic rants at...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

23rd Sep 2012, 11:40

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

"Stuckgear - Across the river Lenny; see the...

"Stuckgear - Across the river Lenny; see the farm, see the rabbits?
BANG!"

Afraid you'll have to explain that one to me Bruce (or is it Robin). Is it some sort of American joke? Also, as you...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

23rd Sep 2012, 09:53

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

DtH - Generation Z; blind trust in the sales talk...

DtH - Generation Z; blind trust in the sales talk of flying schools, bankers, second hand car salesmen, autoflight and politicians.

You missed out a few people and professions who spring to mind...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

23rd Sep 2012, 07:51

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

“In any event, Balpa are on the case now, and...

“In any event, Balpa are on the case now, and have written to Parc, calling it 'a cold and harsh approach to dealing with professional pilots'.”

Just seen a copy of the reply from the top dog at...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

22nd Sep 2012, 11:08

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

"Be careful what you say on here, Your story...

"Be careful what you say on here, Your story could possibly identify you"

:ok: I realise that, but if you keep it to yourself, how can you stop others falling into the same trap? The main point...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

21st Sep 2012, 00:32

Replies: 101

So you want to be a pilot!

Views: 27,975

Posted By flyingpicket

So you want to be a pilot!

You decide to go along to an open day at one of the well-known flight training establishments and are subjected to a slick marketing operation, which makes timeshare sharks look like amateurs. In...

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