bogdan posted this about GA in 2007
The problem is that GA is so f#@ked up pilots want out. Flying pieces of junk around the country for scums for **** money, you'll just about do anything to get out. Rex and the like are clearly only marginally better.
Good on all you pilots who refuse to pay. This is the perfect time for pilots to stick together and refuse. If every pilot refused, they would be forced to pay for the training, like they bloody well should.
DON'T PAY !!!
... so what if people want to protect
their ever diminishing t & c's and get offended by (or are trying to speak some sense, truth, to) those willing to prostitute themselves and the profession in order for what? fly a twin? fly a jet? stroke the ego? There's something called character and integrity and unfortunately there is a major lack of this in aviation, from personal experience. People willing to clamber over the top of anyone and will do anything to get "those hours", GA bosses and airline management know this. When the gloss wears off and it will, the main driving force will be lifestyle and/or $$$, but it'll be too late because even that is forfeited and guess what? pilots are left with no bargaining power and they ultimately become a serf, a slave (bound/bonded) to that company because they're paid in some instances well below the average standard.
There are some very arrogant people here who are unable to see anything from anyone else's perspective.
... could this include yourself?
For your information I know a number of professional pilots who walked (out of jobs as well as the industry) because they weren't willing to bend the rules and stood up for what was right.