Bonding and now the paying for an endorsement originally came about mainly because pilots would take a "free" endorsement then "move on" without a realistic "return of service".
J* and Virgin used to allow salary sacrifice payment for the endorsement until the inevitable happened:- someone failed the checkride and refused to pay up. Another pilot got the stamp in the log book and just disappeared!
Again we pilots have done it to ourselves .............. what ever happened to Integrity? (No, it's not new band)
Last edited by James4th; 18th Dec 2006 at 12:27.
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