They may well remember your attitude, dedication and professionalism,
You can preserve your integrity in regards to the above by being astute, polite and careful; think of the following before you reply.
There’s been a recent thread on this, to which I didn’t contribute, and seeing as how Industrial Relations and workplace agreements is just soooo topical in this country, for my two bobs’ worth. I would say; Do Not Do It.
Why?
Simple, as a student you are covered under all the insurances that the flying school and the student needs.
As a line employee working for gratis without an employee arrangement you are not.
What if the machine has a problem, no fault of yours, you get hurt, you are in hospital needing MUCH medical care, compo? Right? Wrong. Now just what did you have as your nominal wage on the company records, for you to receive as your fair compo while you wait six weeks, lets say six years before you are eligible to resit your medical not to mention the by now several millions of dollars of hospital bills??
Then there is the other little bit about, did you sign off on the company ops manual? No? Well you obviously did not have the chief pilot’s approval to fly the aircraft. The owner of the aircraft, who is far more pragmatic than the operator or cheap skate flight organiser, is going to pursue you for the bloody lot. This will include the damage to the bimbo that you just happened to have on board for a quick jolly on the way home not to mention the house that was destroyed which you crashed into on the way down.
Frightened, don’t be. Put in all in your diary before you take off and when things go belly up hire a smart solicitor and sue the pants off of the stupid company that deliberately put you at risk.