Okay you got me there. I don't work at HHR, I don't see the ****ed off pilots you are mentioning. Quite possible they can exist, I just never saw it. And you do again make a couple of great points, some of which I won't argue. Your point about using SA to build time for airlines is quite possibly the best. You usually cant go from a PC-12 into a A320, just like you can't go from a C-172 to a G650 either. You clearly have an axe to grind, but maybe I don't understand why you are grinding an axe for your friend. Pilot boards here have plenty of people talking about how their jobs suck, but at least its their job that they are complaining about.