Lawrie, thank you for listening to your members.
Now if we can remove this rot of paying for ICUS to get a job, the companies will actually invest in training (like they had to in 2007) and the cycle will finally be broken.
If all you fellas with money burning a hole in your pockets hang onto it, then that money will come in pretty handy when you are chasing that first job.
Now if we can get a more modern GA award that actually represents the cost of living in the towns where the majority of GA Pilots actually work, we may make some head way.
Remember Lawrie a starting out GA pilot used to earn what a teacher earnt and teachers are now over 50K. We are still in the low 30's. If a company cannot afford to pay its staff what they should be earning it should not be operating. Let the companies that are doing the right thing actually be able to charge the customer the real cost of air travel/charter and in turn be able to invest in the fleet and facilities. The sooner these fly by night operators disappear the sooner we will have a GA industry which is again attractive as a career. (The Airlines will then have to move the ball too)
GG