New Pilot Organization For ALL??
Alright.
I kinda just wanted to see how people in general are thinking and by that i am posting this in hope of a Reply.
I have been involved in Aviation for the past soon 10 years and worked as a Pilot around the Globe. I have been one of the both Fortunate but also Unfortunate and i know everyone have their own opinions and ideas about our industry, but i at this point are about to have had enough.
What i am talking about is how we as pilot now are set as a level where we might even be flipping burgers at Mc.D. Pilots are over and over being downgraded, stepped on and looked at in a sense that were pretty much nothing.
It is everywhere all around the world, YES some are fortunate and i have been there myself worked for a stable company who takes care of their people, but there is few and far between these, and many pilots often the new once are being used like slave labour... Is it our own fault somewhat yes, many say we should have looked ahead and expected the worst, that life is tough and too bad... Yes it is our own fault that we fall inlove with a profession which is rotten, a profession that most people spend over 50.000Pounds to educate themselves in. A profession where even the local CAA agencies tend to work against you then with you. A profession where you are bound to work for years to pay back your loans to the bank.
A profession where major airlines make you pay for training, make you pay to work and treat you like your nothing.
Through years i been listening to Pilots, friends colleagues talking about how aviation have become not just a nightmare but something that have made them regret ever stepping into. How they have to fight not just with their companies but the industry in general. Just looking at every situation that happens around the world, i.e like airport security problems. Governments scream up and want to make changes, which in turn makes the pilots life even harder, but of EVERYONE do they ever ask the pilots for advice, do they ever talk to the people who are actually incharge when the door is closed. They dont and they never do.
Airlines like Easy Jet who try to hire pilots who have gone through a school like Oxford and payed an outrages amount over 50.000 pounds for their license, wants to bring in new young lowtime guys and make them pay an extra 34.000 pounds to get a typerating that cost them less then 10.000pounds. Killing the industry, people can blame they young pilots but someone should stand up against companies like Easy jet, and other big or small companies who are taking advantage...
People will say, well supply and demand, sure but remember one day you will be the person who sits in the right or left seat after paying ur way inside and you will now get kicked out the same way u came in....
What i with all my blaber are trying to see is if there are people who here like me have been saying to themselves, ENOUGH!!!!
People who would be interested in setting up an organization that will look at all areas in aviation, who will stand up for the little guy when needed, who will speak up when ignored by authorities or companies.
An organization that will go against the flow and try to start to fix some of the major problems we have, both with the airlines, private companies and governments, across borders.. Who will speak up when changes are being made that will affect our work and living in a more negative way. Who will speak up when the CAA or other authorities are making changes or regulations that are completely waist of breath.
I know there are several organizations out there but truth be told which ever way you look at it none of them have done a very good job, hence the situation were in now.
Anyways was just wondering if others was thinking the same or thinking it could be an idea?
Take care