Originally Posted by
rwhites
i take not many people have ever worked for an agency before. any company with a high turn over of staff they don't want the paper work to deal with so they get some one else to do it. it's easyer and cheaper.
As I said in my previous post regarding the nhs. It is a recipe for future deficits. yes it is cheaper initially but what happens when 80% of your stafff decide to become agency. While I was with the nhs I used to get £11-£15/hr on sundays depending on where I worked but the agency was charging the hospital £23/hr talkless of airline captains. I wasn't even qualified (qualified nurses were getting £20/hr multiply that by 12hrs for a day.It is sad that that market forces has turned the industry I've aspired so much to join to this but then you have ups and downs.
Someone posted earlier that pilots are now taking second jobs I am hoping that was an exception and not becoming the norm.