Gulfstream Academy Closed???

[KingAirer]

Thanks so much for your 2Cents.

But i did it to get the best training possible, because I wanted to be the best pilot possible.

Wow, those ads showing the father and sons really do work!

editors note: Post coated with extra sarcasm.

 

[T-Gates]

But i did it to get the best training possible, because I wanted to be the best pilot possible.

Sounds like someone had too much marketing "kool-aid"....


--03M

 

[Timebuilder]

Infact we have all paid for training. We all paid for our ratings weather it be at an academy or an FBO.

Since you are new, I have a recommendation and a comment.

1) Search the site under PFT. There are many threads where all of the aspects are explained.

2) Comment: yes, we have all "paid for (our) training", but this is not PFT. PFT is when you are paying someone to give you something besides the training necessary to be a pilot, and that "something" being a job. It's when you are paying money to a specific employer for the specific purpose of being permitted to fly for his company. In so doing, you displace an otherwise qualified pilot from the position which you are paying to occupy, and reducing the number of paid positions available by being willing to participate in this plan. At the very least, it is a form of bribery.

Maybe PFT is a little misleading as a term. Maybe it should be PFW, or Paid For Working.

 

[bobbysamd]

Pay for training v. pay for training

Infact we have all paid for training. We all paid for our ratings weather it be at an academy or an FBO.

Let's differentiate between earning your ratings and paying for training. It might sound the same, but it is not.

First off, absent someone who is willing to let you use his/her airplane and provide instruction gratis, in order to acquire their basic credentials, i.e. Commercial-Instrument, CFI, etc., everyone must rent an airplane in some form or another and pay an instructor to teach him/her. I'm not counting military in this equation because that is a different situation. The same is true if you become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, municipal planner, or whatever. You attend some sort of school or training program, for which you pay tuition, purchase books and materials, pay lab fees, etc., and you earn credentials, e.g. college degrees, that are accepted universally. That is earning your ratings, or degree, as the case may be.

With pay-for-training, you must remit money to the company for the training that it will provide to you as a condition of employment. This training is specific to the company and does not result in a universally-accepted credential. If you choose not to pay the company for your training, you will not be given employment. Hence, the difference between paying to earn your ratings and paying a company to train you as a condition of employment.

I agree with Timebuilder's comment about bribery. That's what it really boils down to.

Hope that helps with your understanding of P-F-T.

 

[1.3XVso]

Blah Blah Blah same c*** over and over. Give it up dude. Since you guys complain soo much about gulfstream its not like you'll want to work for them so whats the point.