BTW; anyone out there know how these agencies make their money and how much they get per placed captain?
Is ist a fixed one time comission or does it continue like a royalty for as long as the pilot stays at the given company, or does the Pilot actually work for the brokerage and they in turn charge the airline a fee for the pilots services and pay the Pilot the smallest salary that s/he is prepared to work for.
From what I have seen temp agencies do, where the "temp" employee gets as little as 60% of the amount that is charged for their services by the agency, I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing was happening with Pilots.
If that is the case I think I'll start an agency!