Brutally Honest Deano.
People just don’t want to hear these things, it gets in the way of the dream.
I would disagree with you on the cadets are solely to blame. Yes, they do share the blame. It’s a bit chicken or egg came first. If the airlines didn’t offer these schemes, cadets couldn’t pay for the it. If the cadets wouldn’t pay for it, airlines wouldn’t offer it.
Another aspect to flying is a job is that thanks to the larger number of “pilots” joining the ranks at a middle level, there is stagnation for those who are flying regional, or up in the highlands, or air ambulance, etc. These guys can’t get the natural progression that was once available as other people moved up the ladder onto bigger jets. The low-costs don’t want them, because A/ they can’t pay B/ they seem to prefer fresh cadets that they can transform into an employee number C/ [MyOpinion]these people know what flying really is about, and as Deano has hinted at – it’s not a pile of paperwork (thanks EU OPS/EASA/CAA).[/MyOpinion]
In my mind, the best flying is PPL. Any job you will eventually begin to loathe, get one that pays well and spend any excess cash bumbling about our pretty – from the air, at least – country.
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