Well, I do, but otherwise it wouldn't get done
There is no hard & fast answer to this perpetual dilemma, how to get started in the aviation industry. This week we'll be checking a young lad who walked in the door 3 weeks ago, and asked if he could wash our planes. He's scrubbed up well, is personable, and in the right place just as we need a back up pilot on traffic flights (fixed wing). The ton of resumes that we have on file from hopefuls have stayed in the cabinet: a hard call, but very few of them actually front up to show their face(s). Basically, it was refreshing not to have someone with the inevitable "here's my resume, please call me" concept, but instead a practical approach which caught me at the right time, and worked.
The idea of someone offering to pay to be employed is a mystery to me. And a poor reflection on the state of our industry
