DCitrus9
Son of a son of a sailor
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2001
- Posts
- 273
To parrott enigma; it hurts the profession and reduces wages.
Los said " My last chance is if I can PFT my way into the industry and start generating some income..." which is contradictory. If this job is for a required pilot, then the operator MUST have a warm body for that seat. If he wants to operate his airplane he must hire a pilot. Pilots get paid money. Sooo, why on earth would you take away a paying pilot job, while also paying said operator for the "privilege" of flying? It is difficult to negotiate a fair market wage when some people are willing to pay to work (that's about ten steps worse than slavery!!)
Your specific training on this aircraft is a price of doing business that the operator should pay. Investing money in your training to be more competitive, e.g. type rating and all ratings so far, are not PFT. Paying FSI for a type rating as a condition of employment could be seen as a gray area, while paying Jimbo to learn ya' about a King Air 90 is shady and should be avoided.
Unfortunately, there will be plenty of scum to fill those seats. I wish that a protest against PFT would make a difference, but am realistic enough to know it won't.
On the other hand, PFT does give us a good indicator of who will be the future scabs. The ones who will step on their brother's back to further their career.
Los said " My last chance is if I can PFT my way into the industry and start generating some income..." which is contradictory. If this job is for a required pilot, then the operator MUST have a warm body for that seat. If he wants to operate his airplane he must hire a pilot. Pilots get paid money. Sooo, why on earth would you take away a paying pilot job, while also paying said operator for the "privilege" of flying? It is difficult to negotiate a fair market wage when some people are willing to pay to work (that's about ten steps worse than slavery!!)
Your specific training on this aircraft is a price of doing business that the operator should pay. Investing money in your training to be more competitive, e.g. type rating and all ratings so far, are not PFT. Paying FSI for a type rating as a condition of employment could be seen as a gray area, while paying Jimbo to learn ya' about a King Air 90 is shady and should be avoided.
Unfortunately, there will be plenty of scum to fill those seats. I wish that a protest against PFT would make a difference, but am realistic enough to know it won't.
On the other hand, PFT does give us a good indicator of who will be the future scabs. The ones who will step on their brother's back to further their career.