Now, listen carefully: STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought we were talking about standby periods, which are unpaid.
Buying a TR and such practices should not be linked. And I must say that I've been fortunate enough to never pay for a rating.
RYR take advantage of people on BRK contracts. I sadly believe that paying for a rating is here to stay. After all, it's been going on for 20 years.
What's new is that people buy a rating on the basis of a ZERO hours contract and then sit around waiting for the phone to ring in the winter months. Lunacy.
Go skiing. Oops, can't do that, spent the cash........
..... Don't do it!!! Keep the money in the bank.
As LSM says, there is a surplus of qualified B737 FO's available.
(Before anyone points it out, I'm a Captain for an Eastern European pink A320 airline. But ALL our employees AND contractors have a basic wage. No flying? FO: 2000€ a month. Captain: 4000€ a month. However, ALL our pilots do at least 50 hours a month even in November. Reality is that everyone still has an income.)
Last edited by stansdead; 20th Dec 2010 at 18:08.