Dude! That was harsh!
av8instyle--Why ya gotta be like that? I thought you said, no scumbags at Alaska....
Just kidding.
Look. Here's my real beef: You wrote, "I don't understand why people have a hard time paying for a decent service."
I have a *VERY* hard time paying the middle man for something that should be kept between myself and the company.
But to be perfectly honest I find that military pilots just entering the civilian market and new civilian pilots just entering the market are more willing to pony up the cash for a seminar/interview prep/or even PFT.
Why? I thought you'd never ask.
My theory is these two categories of pilots just happen to see the additional outlay of cash as just one more expense to add to the list of logbooks, headsets, physical exams, aircraft rental, checkrides....you know, what's another $150 or $500 or even $10,000....?
It's all part of the deal, right?
Wrong.
I have no beef with the Silver Bullet program (well maybe a small one, but hey man it's their company and nobody is getting rich off of it).
But it really bugs the ever-lovin' crap outta me to have to pay some opportunistic, blood-sucking, profiteering middle-man (you know who you are) my hard earned money just to have the opportunity to access the company.
I mean, is this an industry or a club?
Am I a professional or a pledge?
My resume should speak for itself--not whose "services" I choose to patronize.
Fly safe man.
