Re: solving peak hour
Brian,
I too had a similar wish and on leaving the R.A.F. I joined BA Helicopters on the North Sea. On the very very occasional VMC day where I could see blue sky I could see the jets passing overhead leaving contrails on their way to beautiful places with loads of beautiful people while my option was to be en route to the Ninian field with a load of 18 oilies in the back and instead of caviar, Smoked salmon and rare beef for lunch, I had a sandwich box with a spam sandwich (with pickle !). And the dosh was about one third of that of a jet jockey based in Heathrow, there were no lucrative allowances based in Aberdeen except extra central heating allowance in the winter, and every morning was a five o'clock report.
I saw the light very quickly.