Line Training Is Destroying The Airline Pilot Industry
I have noticed heaps of posts in these forums about the topic of line training. All us pilots who do fly big jets we all tell you wannabe airline pilots to not pay for line training. This message isn't getting accross at all. You wannabe pilots don't realise what you guys are doing. What you guys are doing is causing airlines to decide that "Hey, Airline X doesnt need to pay their f/o's all they do is suck desperate pilots in by getting them to pay to do the job, lets copy this cost saving idea". Have you wannabe pilots ever thought of what the airline pilot industry may be like in 10 years time, how it is going to be impossible to make a career of being a f/o at an airline.
This might sound stupid but we need to do something about banning line training to save the airline pilot industry. Is it possible to get FAA, JAA, CASA etc to help ban this? Could this issue go through parliament? Should they make it compulsory for airlines to worn passenger that they are getting flown by an inexperienced pilot who has paid to fly this plane?
Lets hear your thoughts.