tomgoodman
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The PFT objection
Of course, no training is "free" -- instructors have to make a living somehow. Military guys pay too, with years of obligated service. I think the real PFT beef arises if an airline is actually "selling the job", using training as a ploy. This favors applicants who are either wealthy or willing to incur a large debt. Most pilots feel that airlines should recoup their training costs from ticket revenue, not from the trainees.
I never understood all this bitching about paying for training. Everybody who took the civilian route paid for their training at some point, so what is the big deal?
Of course, no training is "free" -- instructors have to make a living somehow. Military guys pay too, with years of obligated service. I think the real PFT beef arises if an airline is actually "selling the job", using training as a ploy. This favors applicants who are either wealthy or willing to incur a large debt. Most pilots feel that airlines should recoup their training costs from ticket revenue, not from the trainees.