Two errors in your post, SkyGuy:-. .. .1) You say it is too easy for people with jobs to judge - what about those without jobs? I am currently unemployed (thanks, BoS) and IMHO schemes like the one described stink. The sort of people who use them think nothing about the consequences to the profession and the industry. It simply encourages the worst sort of employer to try to pay less than the going rate for a suitably-experienced pilot, and fill his aircraft with know-nothing numpties, just so the paperwork looks right. Safety? Damn safety.. .. .2) There are many people here who would never go in for such a scheme. I am one.