Pay to Fly - Classification
Just out of interest, at what stage would the majority of PPRuNers reading this class someone as a PTFer? Just been reading on another thread how the term "PTF" is banded about when I imagine everyone who has attained a fATPL in the past 10 years has had to contribute in some form.
So PTF ..... at what stage do we sneer:
1./ After £50-80k CPL/ME/IR
2./ After £20k Jet TR?
3./ After £5-£15 Buying hours on type?
We do an aspirational job, no shortage despite the downturn emerging from Gatwick with a nice shiny blue A5 wallet.
Don't agree with things in our industry at present (is there anyone who does that isn't an accountant) but I can't see how it can be resolved, if I did, I'd have a temple erected and dedicated to me which all pilots could leave offering and and chant prayers to my omnipotence.