Perhaps for a lot of young guys it's just not knowing any better?
johnwells3366 and others have made some reasonable points. Going from flying school and other private flying which costs upwards of $200 an hour, getting 10 hours a weekend flying a drop plane for free seems like a great proposition to a newly graduated commercial pilot with slim prospects of paid employment elsewhere. How many times has somebody said, 'some flying is better than no flying'?
Maybe as grrowler mentioned, better union representation for unemployed pilots, particularly those in transition from sausage factory flying school to GA employment. I know it would definitely help me.
Last edited by seneca208; 18th Aug 2013 at 02:12.