spinfreezone
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- Apr 15, 2003
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Does this ever go away?
Anyone who has ever CFI'ed for $8 an hour or flown for free or bought a type rating to get a job or spent time at a commuter/sweatshop for $16K a year is no better in my book than someone who PFTed. I don't see how any of you can look down your nose with righteous indignation at someone who PFTed. The dirty secret is we've all whored ourselves out at one time or another to get ahead, anyone who has ever taken a job for below industry standard wages to get experience was in effect "buying the seat". You're just paying for training/experience via your paycheck instead of paying for it up front, and we call that sort of PFT "paying your dues". There are no degrees of whores gentlemen, we are ALL whores, every single one of us. Something to ponder next time you feel like getting all high and mighty over PFT.
Anyone who has ever CFI'ed for $8 an hour or flown for free or bought a type rating to get a job or spent time at a commuter/sweatshop for $16K a year is no better in my book than someone who PFTed. I don't see how any of you can look down your nose with righteous indignation at someone who PFTed. The dirty secret is we've all whored ourselves out at one time or another to get ahead, anyone who has ever taken a job for below industry standard wages to get experience was in effect "buying the seat". You're just paying for training/experience via your paycheck instead of paying for it up front, and we call that sort of PFT "paying your dues". There are no degrees of whores gentlemen, we are ALL whores, every single one of us. Something to ponder next time you feel like getting all high and mighty over PFT.
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