Whats the problem?....well wiz, customers (govt depts, tradies, locals etc) pay for a 'commercial charter" with all the associated safety that comes along with that, you know, operating under different regs etc. They dont get that. The current environment encourages/pressures/rewards pilots to fly sub standard a/c and fudge duty times etc therefore erroding that 'associated safety".
Baically, pax just have to trust that they are getting that and they aren't.
Good point about the airline having contract pilots, hardly 'apples with apples' tho. They are monitored more closely and can't breech regs like the small guys can because they are managed by teams of people rather than 'a ' person.
Fully aware nobody is forcing me to work for NAC and the advice about getting a jet job was appreciated, albeit a tad late.
