Right, first up, cards on the table..................I'm not a pilot. If that offends please stop reading now.
I am surprised at several postings which seem to imply that charter pilots are lesser beings to scheduled pilots. I have worked for both sched and charter airlines and in dealings with the pilots I have found ex charter pilots working for sched airlines and ex sched pilots working for charter airlines, so I doubt that there is much difference between them other than in the T & C's.
As Kreuger said earlier, how can this thread have spawned so much comment?