Hollingworth I agree with the first paragraph of your first post, it is the only thing available at the moment and so very much unavoidable.
However I am guessing that you went into flying for the same reasons as I and many do, for the flying! Correct?
Yes paying for ur rating is wrong but like you said the flying hours are good with it, and so I would rarther pay and fly and get paid for flying than not pay for your rating and therefore flying but also getting paid not to fly! How many hours have you done this month?? I no times are hard in the vlj sector!! But I suppose flooding that market with low houred cadets whilst others in the same part of industry who have valuable experience are let go is completely fair?? But that's for another topic!
I am not having a dig but you said it your self it's the only thing out there and atleast now the Ryan gig isn't the worse out there!!!
Happy new year everyone!