Well Excrab, as you ask:
My "what sort of professional...." line I knew would draw comments along the lines of "professionals that need a job etc." and I was waiting for it so here goes:
Like you I have 26 years exp now in this industry. I washed aircraft, laid on my back for hours in freezing cold hangars polishing the underside of aircraft, spent hours everyday handwashing hangar floors. I saved, begged and borrowed to get into this. I have flown fixed and rotarywing. Single pistons, twin pistons, turboprops, small, medium and large jets. I have both GA and airline experience. I
have spent the 100k and I
have worked damn hard over these years.
One thing I can say all my past employers in aviation have in common is that they have all lied to me, robbed me, exploited me and tossed me aside when it is convenient to do so. I am still waiting for ANY redundancy payments from any of them!
I, like you find myself out of work at this time but NOT getting the £60 a week that you are so I need a job more than anyone! I will not however accept that the last 26 years culminates in earning €2600 a month in Romania! And as for my comment about earning more in a pub...well yes you can. I worked in pubs in my teens and I was working 70 hours a week. You work it out! But 70 hours a week still means I go home, have a life outside work. Live some degree of normality.
One thing pilots have in common is their total inability to unite which has contributed largely to the huge downward spiral of our T's & C's in this profession.
Take the €2600 a month if that is what you want. Just don't come crying to me when in another 3 or 4 years you find the salary is €1500 a month. It is precisely because so many pilots will take any T's & C's that they just get progressively worse.
This is my job. This is how I make my living. I do not do it for sport, for fun. It is not a hobby. I have a professional licence. I expect to earn a fair wage from it. It is simply not acceptable to find every employer or potential employer expect me to subsidise the cost of their operation. Whether it be through paying for type ratings, renewals, medicals etc. Aviation costs money. Big money. If you don't have the money don't play the game.
Now you have got me thinking.......
Right. Got it.... JOB OPENINGS HERE:
This is easy. Right. Who wants a job flying? All you have to do is "contribute" 50k into my pot. When I have enough 50k's I buy an AOC and a nice cheap aircraft. I operate routes from airports no-one wants to fly to/from cos they will pay me to use their airports.Then I start line training pilots and they only pay me £100 an hour for it. Once they have checked the line that reduces to £10 per hour. Of course your medical and licence renewal are your problem. I will insist that you carry your credit cards when on duty as it will be needed for fuel. Spanners and hammers can be purchased from me at reasonable cost as all maintanance is strickly DIY! There is no salary but you do get to fly my wonderful aeroplane which is much better than money anyway! I can guarantee you 1000hrs a year as the law only lets you fly 900 until we get this changed!
I will however have to pay the flight attendant 20k a year as she is the only intelligent one who won't work for nothing!
I am on a winner here me thinks...........oh damn it. Too late, it's already happening!
