Originally Posted by
flyinaway411
are you serious? tell me you are joking? pay $20,000 to sit in the right seat? as in you pay them? are you kidding? if you pay them, why don't i just pay my company, why doesn't a delta 767 captain pay them to have the privilege to fly such an aircraft. if you pay someone else to fly, you are completely devaluing our profession! where did this start? what other job out there, any job, makes you pay to work for someone? this is the most absurd thing i've ever heard. not to mention, in today's economy, $20k is not going to be made up easily. ugghhhh...i can't believe i read such a thing. this is the worst thing you can do for the entire profession, and operations like this place should be shut down. you have a commercial pilots license, which makes you a professional pilot, time to act like one!
well said, i agree... i have been working as a CFI in texas for about a year and a half. havent had any movent at our school in a while, and recent graduates and furloughs alike constantly come in looking for work. we cant hire unless someone quits (which is unlikely still), therefore these guys offer their services for less. devaluing and undercutting. there is another 135 company out of the dallas area
GTAAir.com that offers a pay-for-time building program.
i've heard a few students talk about going up there and getting even farther in debt... I imagine those goon companies make their PICs stay currents as MEIs so they can log it as instruction also. but nevertheless, i give them the same lecture