Originally Posted by
S-Works
The problem here is that the pilots doing the flying are the guys desperate to fly full stop and will take any opportunity.....
... and, of course, the only sources of decent paid income to fly, the airlines, saying they will not even consider you unless you have n hundred or n thousand of those expensive hours in your logbook.
Used to do weekend skydiving, we never paid our pilots but there was a queue of those offering their services, for the hours. Never occurred to actually charge them, but on reflection could have even done so.