Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Goes to show there is no pilot shortage in Ag Flying if that sort of stuff still occurs. You spend $50K+ on a license + low level training + crop dusting + whatever other flying experience you have to go and do something any farm worker could do and do it for years just for a 'shot' at crop dusting? Really?
It's like GA in Australia where pilots use to displace every office position from secretary, to bookeeping to IT support because they're cheaper to employ or work for free. Very few other Industries in the world operate like that!
Not accurate.
Hard to get Ag pilots lately. Well, good ones.