I cannot & will not stand by and let a scheme such undermine the entire industry without speaking up. I would not be able to sleep at night if I did.
I and others have endeavoured to cut through the propaganda to provide the raw facts, such as the true cost of the scheme & the likely income.
The FACT is that pilots in the
US receive food stamps - social security just to survive. Quote from that article
Originally Posted by Michael Moore
I told them about how Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger (the pilot who safely landed the jet in the Hudson River) had testified in Congress that no pilot he knows wants any of their children to become a pilot. Pilots, he said, are completely demoralized. He spoke of how his pay has been cut 40% and his own pension eliminated.
Given the accelerating deterioration in T&C since 2000 in Oz, I see no reason to suggest the future will be any different here.
So no, I WILL NOT SIT BACK AND SHUT THE f#CK UP so you can live your dream, destroy yourself financially & take the rest of us down with you.