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Old 8th Feb 2012, 12:25
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DingerX
 
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If I may just interject for a moment.

Mr. Corleone did not say "I have been offered a job on either A320 or B747-4", he said "If you would be offered".

So, Ms. Power, with respect, he is not asking "whether to go for the A320 or 747 rating based upon a job offer.", but rather which job offer you would find more enticing.

Those of you who are going on about Pay-to-Train and Pay-to-Fly are missing the point. We could be seeing an attempt at the logical extension of these practices: someone forming a company whose business model consists in Pay-to-Train revenue.
Cargo/Charter startup, hire 50 pilots, require them to "self-sponsor", for say $20k/pop, take half of that in kickbacks. When it's time to start flying, cite the "soft market" as causing problems when the leasing, and terminate the lot of them right there. Heck, you could even make a "good faith" trip to the bank or two.
A $500k payout isn't bad for a few months' work.

Forgive me if my numbers are off.

So, which would you prefer, B747-4 or A320?
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