Originally Posted by rickair7777

I think paying for a revenue job is almost as f&cked up as at gets. My prioritized list of scumbags, starting with the worst...


1) SCABS. Actual picket-line crossers. This is more for historical purposes... there are no recent scabs because the courts will no longer allow airlines to strike!

2) Alter-ego pilots (Gojets, Freedom A, etc). Deciding between 2 and 3 was a tough call, but an alter-ego pilot had to INTENTIONALLY select another specific pilot group to undercut. The gojetter KNOWS that he is going to screw TSA pilots, and eagerly rushes forward to seize the opportunity to capitalize on another pilot's situation. There is no excuse or defense for alter-ego turds.

3) Pay-for-seat pilots (GIA, AMFlight, etc). These guys are also pretty bad because they are paying for the "privelege" of doing revenue work that another, more qualified pilot should be getting PAID to do. The only possible excuse for this MIGHT be gross ignorance and stupidity, but come on! Would you be stupid enough to pay for a revenue job in another industry??? While pilot jobs are being stolen here (by bribery), the jobs in question are not coming directly from another specific pilot group.

4) Pay-for-training (MAPD, etc) . People who buy a low-time airline job. Ignorance and flight-school marketing is often the culprit here.

Personally, I will aggressively and mercilessly strive to deny jumpseats and jobs to categories 1) - 3). Category 4) has to stand in line behind people who built their hours the hard ways.