Blogsey, you have a point but this guy
a) gets on here & calls those offering opinions based on actual experience & facts "tools" & so the salvo is returned in kind;
b) he has been shown to lie about his hours / experience & that usually gets under the skin of most pilots;
c) his "facts" are a regurgitation of the sales pitch iCadet package, where his numbers have been proven wrong.
I believe that is the reason for the replies he receives. He'd do better if replying with (eg) "Thanks for the correction. Can you help me through the figures..." etc. Let alone doing his own fact finding about the job & long term affects to himself, the airline & industry.
built4lying83:
How far do you want to go back? CoS94? ASL? CoS99? IFALPA Recruitment Ban? CoS08? SLS? AHK? BPP? DEC? RP's? FDTL's? The fact remains that while T&C's have changed the STANDARDS have not, apart from the early days where jet time was a requirement. This C-Scale has opened the way for a lowering of standards the likes CX has never seen & which most thought would never happen. You say "but they accepted B Scale"!! That package, while a backward step still maintained the highest recruitment standards & a remuneration package reflecting the same. It allowed "professional" pilots to retire comfortably following a well earned career. THIS C-SCALE DOES NOT.
Saying that the money is better as opposed to being a hangar rat may be true. But what do you think about trading companies successfully buying shares from unsuspecting & completely naive owners? Sure the owner made "some" money but a pittance to what the shares are & should be worth. Immoral companies taking advantage of ignorance & naivety. Guilt on both sides. And all the while facts, opinions, truths & issues are actually available to whom ever seeks them.