Huh I love how they say.... I love how they say that a training contract is a big deal when they are all to common in aviation right NOW. Maybe not at places like the majors because everyone knows that once you get a job there you typically wont leave by choice, however at other regionals as well as corporate/135/overseas jobs often have training contracts. For us new to the industry it is not a huge deal since we wont leave until we get plenty of time anyway. Very simple. Stay for 2 years and pay nothing.

Huh I love how they say that GIA is "a race to the bottom" but at NO POINT is there even the slightest hint of constructive criticism such as an alternative. "Well dont do this! I don't know how you would do it any other way just dont do this!" I really do get frustrated by the negativity on this forum. Provide some constructive alternative suggestions not just complain. How did you in all your glorious airline pilot status make it to the 6 figure income / 18 days off a month / 36 hour layovers etc that you are at now? Never had a bad paying job? never worked hard for your money? Was handed from day one a spot at a major making 100k starting salary? Really. Thanks for all the helpful words of wisdom about all the things we are doing wrong when most people already at the top of their career would have done the exact same thing at the beginning if it was what they thought was best at the time. Sitting on a forum complaining about how something supposedly affects you in your career and not in any way actually making an attempt to help or do anything about it doesn't accomplish anything accept make you look like all the other whiners that posted in this thread in the past. I hope I never end up like you or those like you. I would be embarrassed at who I had become.