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Must admit - I have doubts about the £1.7m figure...
Perhaps the next WB'er to be presented this figure on a Bikesafe course could ask for the source...
On a slightly different note - this can't be right either...
or is this hypothetical..?Quote:
left the RAF and worked for British Airways as a pilot earning over £1m a year.
I would expect the statistics start from the Dft:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics...gbar/rrcgb2009
The reason Wiltshire Council covers the costs of the Bikesafe event to make it a free entry (unlike most other Authorities) is from the cost saving aspect i.e save one life and the cost saved pays for the Bikesafe course many times over.
Are are you going to or did you sign up?Quote:
But he did recommend starting the IAM so I was quite chuffed!
I must admin I procrastinated for a while (a few years probably).
No, this is accurate (there or there abouts). A guy in a corsa came off a roundabbout and went up the back of his aston, at about 50mph and he was paralysed from the waist down. His payout was equivalent to 10 years top level BA pilot salary, including benefits etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by @bj
Ducatista - think I will do the IAM. Want to get this year out of the way, as I've already got lots of things eating away at the budget (including a wedding to pay for!).
whoa, whoa, whoa...
I'm begining to suspect numbers aren't your forte..?
BA pilots don't earn £1m a year - I'm pretty sure about that - it was a rhetorical question... Willie Walsh would have a heart attack...
He may have got £1m compensation - but that's estimated earnings over 10+ years...
So 70 complicated surgeries would max out a top earning general surgeon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Squashed_Fly
Seriously?
This is all getting a little bit petty.
My point was just to highlight that their outlandish claims de-valued the rest of the amazing advice, and they could potntially have the opposite effect of what they're trying to achieve.
Incidently, I believed the £1.7m figure (why wouldn't I?) until my friend who is an ex-bike cop from almondsbury set me straight.
Lol, ironically I work with numbers all day every day! Perhaps time for a new job? ;D
I did BikeSafe a few years ago and thought it was an excellent day out. Im tempted to do the Castle Combe one in June as a refresher.
Re IAM, I bought an IAM bike course about 8 years ago via a charity auction and never got around to doing it - I wish I had!
As part of my job i've done a 4 weeks IAM-equivalent (in that you can join IAM without taking another test) driving course and learned a HUGE amount. Im tempted to get on and do my IAM bike too :)
Dave
Well if you want to join and are going to a Bikesafe, then join up on the day and they will give you a £15 cashback voucher (you get it back when you take your test).