Since when did aviation become a charity? From where I sit it isn't working. It feels like we are in a downward spiral where low time low experienced people are turning out too many substandard helicopter pilots.
If the industry is to survive the leap into modern technology machinery then we need to get real.
Giving people a hand up ? All for it, but what we have now is the wrong kind of hand up. We need to realise that we need structured courses for people selected on the basis of skill and aptitude.
Self-selection on the basis of whoever can get the money simply isn't a sensible way forward. It's illogical, dangerous and will not deliver a safe and effective helicopter industry.
G.
