Originally Posted by Woof etc
I can think of no other industry where you are expected to pay for your company training once you have qualified. Doctors dont pay for their postgraduate training. Nor do engineers, architects, lawyers, plumbers, builders etc. etc.
Wrong I am afraid. Doctors are paying all the time for keeping their skills and competencies upto date. They get tax relief on the training as it is a business expense.
The same is the case in many other professions. A Masters in Construction Management can set you back £11k for a part time degree. There are few construction companies paying that sort of money. The best they might do is pay the subscriptions to a professional body (about £200).
Of course when you are in self employment as many builders and plumbers are then there is only one person who can pay.
With so many pilots looking for jobs and effectively undercutting each other the employers have the whip hand.
The aviation labour market is just like any other market. If the pilots played hard to get then the employers would have to change their tune. But with big debts from the training, and being desperate to fly, the emplyers win.
There is a paradox there somewhere. How insane do you have to be to rack up so much debt when there is no guarantee of a job.
Outside aviation they would be regarded as a nutter and people would cross the street to avoid them.
In aviation we call them pilots and put 200 lives in there hands for long periods of time.
Wow!