Bravo 99
After reading your post regarding time, effort and knock backs it does make it obvious why tactics like this are applied.
Although you condemn the action it may be anther way of buying yourself into a trainee position. Hypothetically if this guy gets 100's if not 1000's of hours buy adopting this approach and you and I are still plugging away the moral high ground is no substitute.
Getting the first job you must be competitive and have something to offer and like it or not $10K is an offer and it may just work. Unorthodox and underhand tactics maybe, but maybe a future.
We all relate being in the same position but that solidatary is soon broken when job offers land on the table.
I personally feel that this guy may have to be extremely careful due to lack of contract etc. There also must be a law against this type of caper e.g equal oportunities.
Hypothetically if you were offered a job with a guarantee of 400+ flying hours on a 1 year contract for $AUD10K/£4K, would you take it? Of course you would. You will even get a wage! 500 hundred hours for AUD$10K/£4K you would have to be mad not to.
Hughey