working for free
Mav, and others,
this is an interesting point.
Not from the technical "at what point do the CAA/EASA wade in",
but from the perspective of all you instuctors, engineers and commercial pilots who persist in working at a place where you don't get paid and where the cheques bounce.
So what is it that makes you continue to work for nothing?
Why do you turn up for work, knowing you probably are not going to get paid?
My background is transport and distribution, and the one liability that always, always got paid on time were the self employed drivers invoices and the PAYE wages for the employed drivers.
When times were hard (I've been there, believe me) you'd duck and dive with the bank, the rent, the rates, the bigger suppliers, and the taxman, but you always, always pay your drivers on time.
And you guys are "drivers in the sky".
One of my key drivers once said to me "I'll turn up every day at 05:00, but the first time my cheque bounces, you'll never see me again". He was with us for over 10 years, and we never bounced a cheque.
So what is the difference in this industry?
Why do people turn up to get shafted again and again?
I don't understand it.
Big Ls.