Originally Posted by
puff
This is the problem Skippy. Name me any other profession where people work for free, or under award just to 'get experience' so they can move on. What these non award complaint companies are doing, is 100% illegal when it comes to workplace IR legislation, the fact that people are willing to 'take it' is besides the point, it's still illegal !
It doesn't matter if a pax is getting on a 210 in the NT, or a 380 to SIN, they have the expectation that their pilot is trained, capable and properly paid to do that job and duty. The fact that people use these jobs as stepping stones is of no consequence, kids use jobs at Maccas at stepping stones too and Maccas pays people appropriately for the work they do, and in some cases recently when they weren't they were charged, and people were back paid.
The old saying of 'The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept', comes to mind here. If you are willing to overlook dodgy things, and do dodgy things in GA, what all of a sudden you get a decent job you suddenly become compliant? You are now compliant because you are working in a culture of compliance, pilots need to get a pair and introduce that compliance in GA.
It's your headstone not the dodgy GA operator, always remember that.
Road transport is no different, UBER proves people will work for next to nothing even if it's destroying the Taxi industry. What you need is regulators and court systems with balls, like what happened to the truck company boss in Victoria, who's driver crashed after informing the boss that he was tired, boss charged with manslaughter for those killed by the truck.
Dump truck industry is full of owner drivers that are running on fumes to make ends meet, and inevitably speed around, tailgating and other dangerous driving, to do more loads to make cash.