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Old 3rd Dec 2008, 14:40
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sunturk1
 
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'It is very clear also that this is a flight school mentality,definetely not airline mentality.Many serious companies when they train someone they do it because they have already given him a contract,they dont make experiments with peoples careers ,use them for 3-4 months,recycle them and then use the next ones,open ur eyes a bit,look outside Turkey and u will see what im talking about.'
So let me ask you a question then. How many people do you know, that were used for a couple of months and then thrown out? I am not talking about a couple of guys who failed line checks or training was stopped due to poor performance.

'If you think political situation in a country is not relevant to a discussion about an airline company you must be naive or very young.Everything is relative,even the air we breathe has to do with politics.'
What you are saying is that the political situation in Turkey is the reason that Pegasus is doing the line training scheme or what? As far as I know Pegasus is a private company. The only company greatly influenced by political interests is Turkish Airlines.

'Why is this product of 'line training ' that Pegasus sells not offered in most countries in Europe for example,this has no relation to politics?Or do you think only Pegasus had this clever idea?'
Not offered in other countries in Europe? I think you should do your homework a little bit better. About one hour of surfing on the internet well tell you that in MOST countries in Europe line training hours are for sale. Admitted, not always on B737 or A320.
BTW. How many companies in Europe are asking there new pilots to pay for the type rating? A lot.
And for a company who is not asking you to pay upfront, they are bonding you and give you a starting salary which is just enough to make ends meet. Just look around what the starting salary is of a new FO in Europe. Then look at what Pegasus pays... you get my point I believe.


'Do you think a company for example that does not offer pension or does not follow precisely duty limitations would be allowed to operate in Europe?This is also not relevant to politics?How is the situation in Pegasus or Turkey in general in this matter,you must know better...'
No pension? Wrong again. The company pays the compulsory social security fees and taxes to the Turkish government for EVERY pilot. This includes pension, health care.... Duty limitations? If you are really flying for Pegasus I am curious to know how many times FTL's were exceeded in your case. I am pretty sure the answer will be 0. If it is not 0 it is even worse because it is your responsability to report this to the company so that they can take the necessary steps.
Agreed this is not the case in all Turkish companies.

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