Ok,
Here is more food for thought.
On the above post, a point.
1. Both Doctors and lawyers usually have to intern at gulfstream wages, "probationary" pilot wages. (the 250 hr. program people) before they are granted full authority for the job that is given. They also do it for a significantly longer period of time than the gia program. Guess all doctors are really big whores. We all know lawyers are.
As for other posts...
Is the program great for the industry, I now, would say no. Will I PFT, yes. Have I come across pilots who have strong negative opinions about it, yes. Do I care, yes. Have I come across pilots that also voice positive opinions, yes. Do I think I am better than any other pilot, no. Do I think I am worse than other pilots who gained experiece in other areas, no. I myself have worked in other areas, inlcuding 135, and without PFT, or "buying" the job. But to say that I cut the line to the "RJ", while screwing other qualified pilots is a load of sh.it. I paid for gulfjoke with my hard earned money. Just like a Doctor, who pays for his nice million dollar home, guess those guys cut the line to the nice houses, and screwed the other home buyers who didn't spend years getting educated, to earn the bucks. I used my money to gain training. Did I take the place of a paid pilot. NO. Why, because s.hitstream was formed to operate that way. The airline was designed specifically for the "FO" program. Not really for any other purpose. There never would have been another paid pilot. If the program did not exist, gia would be single pilot ops.
PFT/J/GIA/PACE, whatever, are NOT responsible for the low regional wages. This is another load of sh#t. I don't see any 2000 hour instructors demanding 30,000 a year for a starting salary at a regional. I think all regional pilots deserve alot more money, and come time I will walk a picket line to get more money.
Do I expect to convince anybody that PFT is OK, NO. I don't want to. But there are many decent people, who are not evil because they PFT'd. Many spent their hard earned money to live a dream, only to find out they weren't good enough to pass a checkride. You cannot buy your way into a regional airline. Everybody has to pass a checkride, outside of gulfstream.
What PFT does do, is gives airlines a right to expect pilots to either train for free, or give them cause to expect pilots to pay for their training, and that is what is wrong with PFT.
And for the rich kids who had their parents pay for gulfstream, guess they are evil too for their parents having money. God forbid the parents want their kids to succeed in their dream, and be well trained. Screw those as*holes.
This message board is one place that nobody will EVER agree on one thing. Gotta love it. We all should be in congress.
Maybe some of us can buy our way in.
But guess what, it was only a little over $18,000 to rent the right seat of a 1900 out and now they get to fly a shiny new RJ. woo hoo.
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