gtr, flyscoot is doing that to save cost and to stop pilots from running away since a lot of foreigners came to asia a couple of years back, given free rating and once they have hours, they are the first to run away making the airline a free scholarship training schools.
Also it's not the emergence of p2f in Asia, p2f started many years ago in the states and europe. Think ryan and easyjet you have the picture.
Plus lion wasn't the first to start p2f. It all started with air asia inviting many pay to fly pilots ( CAE )from europe which most after gaining hours in air asia mostly end up in vietnam air subsequently.
Anywhere around the world, the main culprit is actually the flying school and everyone have accept them for what it is today. What I meant was it's consider normal nowadays to pay loads of money to flying schools to earn the blue book and end up jobless.
If you want to make noise, all they have to say is I never point a gun at your head to do your cpl and chase your pilot dream. Many years ago, paying for own flight training is unheard of in asia and flying schools for private candidates were considered a scam. Today everyone have accepted them.
Next , paying for type rating is consider a scam too ,but ask anyone now it's normal and TRTO are happily sucking your money so you can have a cool rating but no hours on type.
Retired pilots or those pilots that got grounded due to medical or got fired are happy too, because with the good business from TRTO, they get a non flying job as a simulator instructor.
Just have to follow the trend buddy, when there were email, how many postmen lost their job, when there is internet, how many jobs became redundant. Company is there to make money and will do whatever it can to save cost.
Look at what happened to qantas, bleeding crazily and lets not talk about all the airlines in India.
Low cost are able to operate at a lower cost as they save so much on pilot training. if the legacy airlines do not do something, they my as well close shop and then there are even more lesser jobs for pilots.
it's not only lion pilots complaining, look at other thread from major airlines like cathay pacific or even emirates. They complain like nobody business and there is no such thing as a perfect company especially being an employee and stuck in the rat race. You want to be an employee, you are bound to rules and your earning is decide by other people such as management of the airline. You want to call the shots, sit behind first or business class being driven and served, you got to start your own business and be the boss.
Either you suck it up and follow the trend or you be the next richard brandson!
Last edited by lingdee; 21st Feb 2014 at 06:20.