10002level,
I cannot agree more. If an airline is in need of qualified staff, why should people pay to be assessed. It is ok that some operators have made low cost operation to a science. But paying to deliever your CV and to do a sim check? My advice to my fellow 737 colleagues is to straighten your backbone, put your foot down and say NO THANK YOU.
Slim20,
In a couple of years it'll be compulsory demotions with your seat being filled by some Yuri who will do it for peanuts.
Probably true. It makes me sad to see colleagues from certain parts of the world accept jobs and contracts with a package below what I like to see as market standard. This is about sticking together for a better future for all of us. But I know how difficult it is to achieve that. Different culture and background dictate our behaviour. When it comes to pilot contracts it is unfortunate.