As with any industry that askes for experience on the job,
How will I get expereince if no one gives me the chance to get any?
There is a gap between what a CPL candidates expereince is when they finish, to what they need to get a job. I know only a lucky few that have got jobs with 150hrs, they all knew the right people, which seems to be the only way to get ahead in this world.
So how are the people left behind going to get them extra hours?
They are going to either pay for it themselves, or they are going to find someone who might let them fly there plane for no charge, in most cases this is a skydiving company.
The problem is not that people are willing to work for free, its that no one is willing to take on people straight from flying school, if CASA thinks its good enough, then why dont our charter companys? Of course there is also alot of pilots that have well over the minimums applying, which is just making the gap even bigger, what is a newbie to do?!
