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From: Eeyore on 20 Jun 2008 19:22 NM wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > Hiram wrote: > > > "Mike G" <met...(a)largefoot.com> wrote: > > > > > > I would agree that flying a passenger jet is harder than driving > > > > a truck, but flying a light aircraft is relatively easy. > > > > > Yeah, I think we can agree on that. > > > > Yup. > > The phisical act of flying it is no more difficult, Flying a *light* aircraft is not especially difficult to someone with some decent brains. > the time one has to spend learning and proving one understands the rules > and systems is > the hard bit. And if you're going to fly mediums or heavies, that's a big deal. Graham
From: Ian Dalziel on 21 Jun 2008 06:55 On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:36:26 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >He said I flew like a natural. You have feathers? -- Ian D
From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jun 2008 16:37 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > They weren't always. No they weren't. But if the target is that 50% of students get one, then they are pretty devalued as a currency. > > > > I couldn't agree more but it doesn't seem to the 'fashion' to dirty one's > hands > with honest toil any more. I agree but I have no idea why not. -- Regards, Vince. Long Distance Diary 30th May 2008- Switzerland http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32454
From: Brimstone on 21 Jun 2008 17:36 Knight Of The Road wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > >> They weren't always. > > No they weren't. But if the target is that 50% of students get one, > then they are pretty devalued as a currency. > >> >> > >> >> I couldn't agree more but it doesn't seem to the 'fashion' to dirty >> one's hands >> with honest toil any more. > > > I agree but I have no idea why not. Perhaps because those in the highest offices of government over the last thirty years or so have never had a real job? AFAICR, Prescott has been the only senior politician in recent times who has had a real job, the rest have been lawyers or professional politicians. Therefore, they think academic qualifications are the be all and end all and that everyone should be a lawyer or accountant, those that can't hack it academically can work in a call centre or somesuch and the dirty work can be left to underpaid immigrants.
From: Eeyore on 21 Jun 2008 18:15
Knight Of The Road wrote: > "Eeyore" wrote > > > They weren't always. > > No they weren't. But if the target is that 50% of students get one, then > they are pretty devalued as a currency. Utterly. Indeed it's farcical. Graham |