Pay for training

[Goose Egg]

You must have that one in a million dream jobs.Perhaps you are a college professor...

Getting colder. And how could it be a dream job if I don't make $200K?

I don't know, but we all now know that you don't need to pay for training.

You know that I don't, but you don't know that nobody else does either, and therein lies the problem.

-Goose

 

[BushwickBill]

B Bill,

What if it were possible for you to buy your dream job right now for 30K. Would you do it? SWA, UPS, Airforce one, whatever. You could pick your home base and you would be able to earn the cost back in a year or two. One time only offer, no changing your mind in a year or two. Today only. Would you do it?

Skyline

Well if I were to pay 30k (which I cant afford to do) and wind up with a job at some winery flying a citation X making a 120k a year working 10 days a month. Sure. I guess that would be worth it.

I'm not sure what the point of that was.

The guys paying 25k a year to get 20k for the first year at ASA or XJET are insane. Unless the trust fund is paying for it. If so good for them but they wont make that money back for 3 years at least considering expenses. Not to mention the money the dropped on commercial multi instrument at some "academy"

 

[jackotron]

Tony C - That was one of the more civilized exchanges on PFT I have read, and there was actually some good information to be shared. In fact, it's one of the threads that will be useful to one who uses the Search function in the future.

Please reconsider your decision to close the thread - - it was a civilized discussion of a topic important to our industry.

Very well. I have reopened the thread...but no blood! We all know where these threads tend to go.

Jack

 

[Snakum]

Well if I were to pay 30k (which I cant afford to do) and wind up with a job at some winery flying a citation X making a 120k a year working 10 days a month. Sure. I guess that would be worth it.

But only if said winery made a good, spicy old vines Zinfandel and a peppery Syrah and I got two bottles of each for free each month. I certainly wouldn't PFT for run-of-the-mill Merlots or Cabs.

Minhommad

 

[polysciguy9]

Not knowing much about the history of PFT (aside from what I've read on flightinfo) I'm curious why there hasn't been a big push to confront members of congress about the potential dangers of having people pay for a required crew position. Perhaps a letter writing campaign to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would lead to changes in the FARs. Has this ever been attempted? Does anyone know?

 

[mayday1]

Not knowing much about the history of PFT (aside from what I've read on flightinfo) I'm curious why there hasn't been a big push to confront members of congress about the potential dangers of having people pay for a required crew position. Perhaps a letter writing campaign to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would lead to changes in the FARs. Has this ever been attempted? Does anyone know?

well, until someone can prove that safety is being compromised, i.e. by way of accidents, deaths, etc. you'll have a tough time getting the attention of anyone outside the aviation industry.

 

[polysciguy9]

Good point - but perhaps some preemptive action could be taken if enough people demanded it. Surely there's enough people on this site who hate PFT to start a significant letter writing campaign. All you need is one committee member to write the legislation. Call it the "KEEP PLANES FROM FALLING OUT OF THE SKY" bill ... I mean who's going to vote against that? Seems like the type of thing one of these unions should have done long ago.

 

[Goose Egg]

That was one of the more civilized exchanges on PFT I have read, and there was actually some good information to be shared. In fact, it's one of the threads that will be useful to one who uses the Search function in the future.

My thoughts exactly.

-Goose