Hello,
I'm not trying to fan any flames, but just because you sign a training contract at Colgan doesn't make you guilty of P-F-T. Nor does it mean you have a "Gulfstream mentality". I'm not really fond of the fact that I signed a training contract, but looking back into airline history. You would be surprised how many "quality" regionals were either P-F-T or required you sign a training contract. They are an unfortunate outcome of the rapid exodous of pilots to other "better" jobs. Considering the amount of overhead required to operate an airline, it makes sense that management would like to re-coup some of the costs of training by asking pilots to stick around for a year.
Personally, I am disgusted by the way flight training that supposedly leads to an airline seat is marketed. There is so much more to the job than the fancy uniform, glass cockpits and "lifestyle". Thats all a bunch of smoke and mirrors that hardly scratches the surface of the day-to-day reality of being an airline pilot. Especially, a pilot flying in the Northeast during the winter monthds. However, this is the reality of today's marketplace and pilot job market. I think that the whole paradigm is changing before our very eyes, if it is for the better. Time will tell us.
Regards,
ex-Navy Rotorhead
I'm not trying to fan any flames, but just because you sign a training contract at Colgan doesn't make you guilty of P-F-T. Nor does it mean you have a "Gulfstream mentality". I'm not really fond of the fact that I signed a training contract, but looking back into airline history. You would be surprised how many "quality" regionals were either P-F-T or required you sign a training contract. They are an unfortunate outcome of the rapid exodous of pilots to other "better" jobs. Considering the amount of overhead required to operate an airline, it makes sense that management would like to re-coup some of the costs of training by asking pilots to stick around for a year.
Personally, I am disgusted by the way flight training that supposedly leads to an airline seat is marketed. There is so much more to the job than the fancy uniform, glass cockpits and "lifestyle". Thats all a bunch of smoke and mirrors that hardly scratches the surface of the day-to-day reality of being an airline pilot. Especially, a pilot flying in the Northeast during the winter monthds. However, this is the reality of today's marketplace and pilot job market. I think that the whole paradigm is changing before our very eyes, if it is for the better. Time will tell us.
Regards,
ex-Navy Rotorhead
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