What is a "charter frame of mind?"
Thatīs easy. It is the proven ability to cut corners, never write up defects, taxi like the clappers doing engine runs on the run, pretending that mag drop is NOT that bad, etc. But as soon as that charter pilot gets a job with a big airline like Virgin Blue and Qantas, he becomes a model citizen sticking strictly to flight time limitations, insisting on writing up a maintenance snag, taxiing ever so slowly so as not to upset the flight attendants and never going below the minima "to have a look."
That, my son, is the difference between charter frame of mind so beloved by charter chief pilots and the true blue professional airline pilot.
