you may be given odd jobs and errands to do meanwhile, like in go-air some trainee pilots also double up as ground staff, ticketing guys, luggage handlers etc.
paramount airways also, trainees and sometimes even senior first officers are told to do odd jobs not related to flying like promoting airline, ticket selling (not in uniform obviously
).
sometime back in May 2009 paramount airways conducted a fake exam in chennai just to remain in news for marketing and
PR purposes.
Exam was conducted by junior HR boys, cabin crew girls and some first officers !
later these exam papers answersheets were forwarded to HR boss and subsequently thrown
that post really dipresses me..
if i am asked to do all that.. i wud very happily show my middle finger
and put up my papers..