Sheppey suggests….
If you screamers are that strongly principled against P2F people who post on PPRuNe ,then rather than bitching about P2F pilots, maybe it would be more constructive to re-channel your bile to the recruiting agencies that arrange these contracts in the first place.
There are a large number of unemployed pilots on the streets. They've accumulated their time by honest means. They did not pay Dollars, Quids, nor Rupees in order to get into the right seat. Think about it. If no one bit onto the P2F schemes, where would Lion Air get their expat first officers?
Again the problem are with the pimps in the industry seeking instant gratification to get that job in the right seat. Whats even worse iare the experienced captains taken up with the likes of Ethiopian Airlines. Flying revenue flights at $60USD per day until they’ve completed their final line checks and are released to the line.
That said Sheppey, miscreants such as these continue to lower the bar... your bar at a respectable future in the industry. Is that your desire? I hope not. You see, these individuals are part of the problem, rather than part of the solution.
Here’s my recommendation for a viable solution to the problem. With immediate effect, Chief Pilots and Directors of Operations scrutinize applicants very carefully to discern the means of how hours have been accumulated. Individuals who’ve chosen the route of instant gratification rather than accumulating hours by legitimate means by participating in the P2F schemes need to be bypassed for consideration of employment until the pool of legitimate applicants have been exhausted.