Spanish aviation under the magnifying glass!!.. same worldwide?
Yesterday, around 500 pilots from all aviation sectors in Spain got together in the new Madrid-Barajas airport terminal (T4) to manifest for lack of safety and other very important issues that are not taken seriously among airlines, flying schools, maintenance, etc.. and because spanish CAA (Ministerio de Fomento) are not doing anything to stop and avoid these getting-common practices..
Be careful with very low time instructors in exchange of experienced ones that flying schools are not willing to pay, low-cost maintenance around many aircrafts in all sectors, very low salary for pilots or even pilots that are paying for flying..
We must defend our carreer as our job is not easy or cheap, we sacrifice many things for our job, we take very big responsiblity and nowadays airlines pretend to give us peanuts for it.. I think that yesterday´s pilot´s manifestation in Madrid was a clear sign of what is going on and that something has to be done to stop this devastating attitude against aviation, against pilots and against many airline related jobs.. we should not collaborate with this kind of airlines, flying schools, etc.. we should not give them our time, our money, our knowledge.. so be very careful what you choose for your future..
Good luck and safe flying!!