Re: Pilot in Command
If you are a casual pilot, working for an organization that employs excess pilots '' to keep them competitive'', then it is very difficult to uphold a high level of professionalism and still get enough flying time to put food on your table. There is no excuse for flying an aeroplane outside the Rules, regs and your own abilities but if ‘other’ pilots agree to fly when you said no than it brings your stance to little avail.
I knew of one company up north that doesn’t exist anymore ( thank god ) that it if you refused to fly for reason that you thought were unsafe than you would be replaced on the pecking order by someone that would, unless of course everyone stuck together which was common in the end.
What really annoys is when it’s time to go for interviews and references are checked the dodgy boss has a bearing on whether or not you get employed. A bad reference from a GA operator in my view should be regarded a positive in most cases unless you work for a reputable GA operator’s like Sky-tranes.
All to often you hear of a pilot doing very well in an interview only to find out he/she has missed out on a job from bad reference’s. Pleeaaasssseeee if you are pilot in a manger position please inform the people in charge of recruiting that it would be more appropriate to question a shinning reference’s than a bad one in most cases from GA operators. And the fact that companies presently hold references in high regard makes working in GA more compromising.