am I a pilot whore?

[wingnutt]

Re: Pro bono v. Aviation P-F-T

...pilot whoredom...

lol! touche

 

[bobbysamd]

PFT is a situation in which an operator requires newhires, regardless of previous qualifications to pay for their initial training. PFT is far worse than a lineman picking up a bit of SE time . . . .

Excellent comments and analysis.

 

[bart]

You guys can have it. I have decided that there are too many of you willing to work for nothing. It is not worth it when I can do something else working half as hard for four times the money. I will encourage everyone I meet in my new kline of work to leave and become a pilot (so as to decrease wage competition in my new field. You guys give em hell.

 

[low-n-slow]

I believe the problem with aviation and trying to earn a decent wage is that way too many people KNOW that there are many who will work for absolutely nothing and they in turn take advantage of it.
I worked for a guy one time that had a favorite saying 'Pilots are a dime a dozen' and would hire pilots willing to work for nothing...two of these types of pilots put this knucklehead out of business after tearing up every airplane he owned. I was grateful I had quit him six months prior.
Even though I am a lowely cropduster, Earl this exploitation happens anywhere an airplane is involved. Something about airplanes and earning a living makes some owners think they they are 'above' paying out monies EARNED by somebody doing a job for them.
It happens, if it were not YOU doing this flying for free it would be some other low time pilot building hours and believe me whenever I say that more than one operator will remind you of the fact about the very same time you start asking questions about being paid.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I thought the word "pilot" was synonymous with the word "whore"

 

[Draginass]

vclean wrote -

"Whores get paid for their services. You're a slut."



The only salient post in this thread.

 

[PilotOnTheRise]

Take that opportunity and run with it! Not many people get an opportunity like yours. Compensation will soon come, but don't push something and blow what you have!

I used to have a job working at an FBO. I had opportunities and took several to go fly with people. I cannot log it b/c of being a student pilot, but soons would have been able to start logging flights like that. I, because of my own stupidity, blew that job and lost many opportunities along with that. Looking back I would change so much to be back in that position. Don't blow it, or you will definately regret it!

 

[LearLove]

"The only salient post in this thread."

salient - Draninass has been studying for the SAT's again

 

[bobbysamd]

Salient

"The only salient post in this thread."

salient - Draninass has been studying for the SAT's again

Salient adj. 1. prominent or conspicuous: salient features . . . Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 1997 ed., at p. 1144.

Congratulations to Draginass for having an excellent vocabulary!

Another thought on pilot whoredom. Why don't we just refer to it as "employee whoredom?" Every employee is a whore, to some extent. You don't have to be in aviation to be a whore.

Think about it for a moment. Let's say that you're on salary based on a normal 9-5 workday. You get no overtime. Someone comes to you at 4:55 with a project that must go out that evening. What are you going to do? You're going to be annoyed at that person's lack of consideration and forethought, but you will finish the project. It happens again - and not only will you be annoyed at that person's lack of consideration and forethought, you will angry about being taken advantage of. But you will do the work because you need the job. Perhaps my example is extreme. You know what they're pulling on you is wrong, but you still put up with it, hoping that it will lead to bigger and better things. It is on the order of paying dues, but goes slightly beyond it.

Most people have been there, especially in entry-level jobs in fields where you need experience to get the job and you need the job to get experience. After a time, though, you've built the experience and can move on to bigger and better things.

Just some more to think about.

 

[TurboS7]

Generally you guys are talking about paying dues. PFT represents someone "cutting the corner" and not having to pay dues because they have the finances to do it. I just determined right out of college that all may income was going to come from aviation, that motivated me to do several things that I stuck with.
1)Always get paid something
2)Never pay for training
3)Always give a 100%
It paid off for me. My CFII instructor sat me down one day and explained it to me, I followed his advise and have never looked back.