Serenity, yes it does seem so.
These young pilots are desperate for a job and are now being charged by airlines to fly fare-paying passengers. Airlines should be ashamed.
If they are that desperate they would be taking
any flying job.
Not only should the airlines be ashamed, but these young pilots and Balpa should be too. It has all happened because of them.
Friends of mine spent
years flying air ambulance and air taxi stuff before they got a break and made it into an airline.
If things had stayed the way they were then career progression for everybody would be so much faster.