It's wrong but it's here.
The whole concept of using the light aircraft industry as merely a training ground for airline pilots is very, very wrong, and this "prostituting' will continue as long as that practice continues.
The light aircraft industry supplies vital air services to about 80% of the country that have very few options and little infrastructure. It is an important part of our trnasport system that should have a sound commercial base, long term personel and long term planning. At the moment it has neither of these.
Like the aboriginal problems this is an inconvenient truth that has been swept under the carpet for too long.
In a so called civilised society people in the the centre of the country have to rely on an organisation that is supported by bequests an public fund raising to fly them to medical facilities as there are no medical facilities near where they live.
Why are the bequests and public fund raising necessary?
Because our Governments and regulators live on the coast and don't care. They don't care about the light aircraft industry either. They don't use outback medical services or light aircraft services. Our governments are relying on cheap services to the outback, from "missionaries" etc who do things at low rates and expect support from public fund raising, bequests etc, and a flood of wannabie airline piolts who will also work cheap.
So our very important light aircraft industry is impoverished and staffed by lots of transient airline wannabies who will pay for ICUS etc and are not interested in making things better.Many won't be here long. They will quit if they don't get an airline job soon.
Many who read this are adding to the problem, but I cannot see a solution while the present system continues.