View Full Version : BALPA's view on becoming an airline pilot.
SFI145
27th Oct 2012, 06:23
Dreaming of becoming a pilot? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DyZxahxMD2Q)
I have always felt that when a company is making money out of you and then have the cheek to make you pay for a type rating that is tax deductible anyway is absolutely disgraceful. The excuse that "you will only go to another company" is risible - I would if a company had that attitude!
My stepdaughter went through £50Ks' worth of training for the insurance industry, and there was no question of paying it back or working for minimum times, etc etc.
Well done BALPA!
laz219
27th Oct 2012, 07:49
I watched this video after it was referenced in the thread about OAA.
Very interesting to watch. As a new student it's good to get the information from a source seperate to the flight schools.
jamestkirk
27th Oct 2012, 16:56
The video is good.
But no good unless its content makes national news and something is done.
Which I fear will not happen, as the perception of pilots is; highly paid, little work, really posh people.