Unfortunately you're confusing car DRIVERS with aircraft PASSENGERS. Are car passengers anally probed before entering any car? Do pedestrians have to apply for permission 3 weeks in advance before using a crossing? Of course not, but these are equivalents in your preposterous comparison. I think aircraft pilots are quite rigorously trained, monitored and punished (if required) - far more so than would be a car driver given a similar situation.

Ha ha ha! Brilliant! I've been trying to say exactly that for years and never been able to come up with anything as accurate.

Catchy!

How about we stop them from burning the whole fucking place down first, THEN think about how to avoid it reoccurring.

Er, you're talking about the UK here right? This isn't the US, we don't do tax cuts anymore - we pay MORE tax (VAT up to 20% for a top-of-the-head example) AND get cuts in services. Everyone's a winner!

Well for all I know your parents live in 10 mile isolation in Patagonia. Would you like to add some frames of reference to make your comment even vaguely useful?

Bah! Just go and watch Top Gun and time how long it takes for them to take off on your watch.

"...we have better stuff now" - That's my usual response to anyone who uses vi.

But to make a steel frame lighter than those made out of aluminium, titanium and carbon fibre the tube walls need to be so thin that they can be crushed between two fingers.