"it seems the way most of you think of getting a job post licencing is by getting an instructor rating. "
I think 'Post Licensing" most get an Instructor rating so that they can starve a bit slower and build time. As at 200 hours there are limited jobs available.
"The system won't pay decent wages to pilots with 5000hrs for training so they don't do it. "
Maybe close on that one as the more experienced one is the less a company seems to want to part with for currency.
Bottom line is that you may find some of the newbies are pretty sharp on the books, but still dont know where the Cargo Hook is located, wheras the experienced driver who is flying 5 or more variations of some machines may not be able to tell you the exact numbers on each machine.... makes it nice for the little lines, green, yellow, red..........
Interesting Post....