Hey guys, i recently started watching a show called "Ice Pilots", it's basically a camera crew following a family run airline and their operations. What i found surprising was that a pilot with 250 hrs, 500 hrs, even 750hrs has to work for a couple of months even years as a "rampie" loading/unloading cargo, refueling, removing ice, all sorts of ground handling stuff that could be done by anyone before they even get a chance to get in the right seat. Now, i know its good to assess a person, how hard they work, motivation level etc... but this is just pure humiliation in my opinion. Working a year earning peanuts, doing back breaking work just to get a chance to fly a light twin or an ancient piston airplane....must be really hard for a new motivated pilot with a new commercial license in hand to find out he has to work for months, even years doing that
