Didn't you say you had a COMMERCIAL licence? Then what is this garbage about working for free??? A professional pilot is just that - it is a profession, for which he/she is PAID. You have skills and qualifications that set you apart from the private pilot. You are not an amateur who is worth nothing.
Pilots who prostitute the industry by working for free are not doing anybody any favours. If you work for free to build your hours, and then put your hand out for money because you have the time up, I would hope that your "employer" would boot you out the door and take on another free-working prostitute.
And "employers" who use free workers might think they are getting a bargain, but in effect they are getting the lowest standard of workmanship from somebody who places no value on their abilities.
I understand that it is tough to get a start, but if you lower your standards this far, you are making life tougher for everybody else, including people coming along after you.
Many a journalist has received free training in return for pushing a perticular school. That in effect is a wage. Please don't continue past your training qualifications in this fashion.
