We need to end this PTF c*@p now.
OK, i think most of the sane pilots and wannabes on this forum can see where this could end. Its been said on many different threads that sooner or later a low houred PTF FO will cause some kind of accident and this will start a national outrage at the whole PTF industry.
My question is, if we really do think this could happen then why are we waiting for it to come to that? Surely someone like Balpa needs to end this before it gets to that stage. If it does happen then there will be loads of posters coming on here saying 'I told you this would happen etc. etc.' If you are so sure that there is a risk of it happening and many lives being in danger than why aren't we all trying to do something about it.
Pprune is a large community and so we must collectively have some kind of power. I have heard it said on many threads that this place is used by journalists to get info. How about one of you starts of a story about this and gets it into the public domain. Im sure the fare paying public would be interested to know that the aircraft is being flown, not by the best person for the job but the one with the deepest pockets.
This is a job, not a flight sim add-on.