I Can't Believe It!!!!!!
I see that in the UK, as in other places, FTOs are the MAFIA ruling in the aviation industry.
Want to know why?
Because as in other places, the UKs pilot association, BALPA, is so worried about the poor, poor FTOs who are going to go broke because there are fewer and fewer crazy young lads ready to spent 100 K pounds for nothing in return.
Poor, poor FTOs What are they going to dooooo?
Here comes BALPA and says: let's reduce training taxes! or....
there will be a pilot shortage!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh
Pilot shortage????
When did BALPA sold its sould to devil?
What they have to say iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis:
1st SELECTION
2nd TRAINING
3rd RECRUITING
THE COST OF TRAINING CAN BE SHARED AND/OR BONDED.
THERE WOULD NEVER BE SHORTAGE OF PILOTS
THERE WOULD NEVER BE OVERSATURARION OF PILOTS
BALPA should lobby to change regulations so that TRs can't be done self sponsored and ban pay to fly.
Pilot shortages never occur. Only shortages of type rated experienced pilots, which is quite a different thing.
The goddamned FTOS are killing us!!