hello,
another problem I can see in this "pay to work"nasty scam, in the case of a commercial/airliners involved in an accident, a crash....
If they find out that the copilot was still paying to log hours, it means he is a student and not a fully first officer responsible of his acts, and in this case the company will be held responsible to let "student" pilots fly on commercial aircrafts.
personaly, if you are "hiring"a student copilot.I would stop immediately.
I have heared that the FAA , for the same reason, has not authorized student pilots to fly charter's aircrafts in the USA.What about Canada?
if I was working for the CAA, for this only one good reason, I will not authorized pilots to act as a "student pilot" on aircraft with hundred of soul.
I do not say that a pilot paying is less"good" than a pilot fully paid, but a pilot paying is still a student and in this case can not be held responsible.