Whilst I agree the pay to fly schemes (started in the main, by European LCC's) are a cancer in our midst I think it is wrong to try and have this stopped.
Where do you draw the line? At paying for your license? paying to hour you hours? I/R? What about a person working for low wages, albeit at or above the legal minimum, are you going to petition against that?
There is snobbery in the aviation world at least in the UK, where a self sponsored person, is viewed the same as a pedophile in a school yard, by individuals who were sponsored by BA, for E.G.
I will not sign this petition as I think if there was a ban put in place, that is just another rule for the office walla's to police. For goodness sake, haven't we got enough rules and regulations without another. This is a "free" society, is it not? Those of you that say it is, then let's try and keep it free. Maybe you guys want a total nanny state.