Originally Posted by
j3pipercub
Squawk,
Firstly, drop the whole, ‘could get shot at’ holier than thou crap. No one forces anyone to do their jobs, it is a choice. Don’t like it? Stop doing it.
Secondly, are you seriously suggesting that the AFP is willing and ready to put a 1500hr CPL in charge of a 350 in a multirole, day/night, complex, dynamic and ‘flexible’ operation? Sounds really prudent...
The AFP may get applicants at the salary being offered. They may also go on to cost the AFP many many times their salary in mistakes and inefficiencies. When your salary is bottom of the barrel, so is the standard of applicant. How much does a hot section on a PT6 go for these days?
j3
L3, Mag aerospace and a few others put low time guys in charge of 350’s doing similar jobs for the US DOD all over the world, not just flying circles around Victoria. That being said their pilots are being paid north of 160k USD 3 weeks on/off.