Actually had a guy call the other day and tell me he would work for "free"....in order to build his time. I thanked him for his kind offer....but he will not be working for me for "free". In our business...we have to be able to produce and untrained, inexperienced pilots can not do that. If I elect to use a pilot that is too slow to meet the needs of the customer I would have to discount my rate to be able to match his performance to the needs of the customer. The customer has just so much margin to work with as well as we do....unfortunately....training is an expense to the operator no matter how you consider it. The operator has to pay for training one way or the other....the secret is in finding a way to make it work for all parties concerned...the employee, the operator, and the customer.