Quote 'I have been waiting for 1 year after completion of my TR before joining the line training,
you can't imagine how many guys are paying for their experience It's sad but true.
I guess I can ...... an inevitable extension of the how the abuse escalates once certain airlines realise that there are people out there willing to do anything to get that all important airline job ! I have actually come across a person who said that they were prepared to work for free. As you can imagine, me as someone who actually needs money to live, pay mortgage, feed family etc, didn't take to kindly to this POV.
Perhaps this is what the doctor down at Gatwick was eluding to two and a half years ago during my initial when he said it is becoming a cut throat industry to work in and why he had chosen to remain flying privately !!