There are always two sides to the story and 15 years ago I turned down the chance to do some 1/2 price hour building in a 206 which needed to go somewhere prior to tasking, but now I would offer that to an hour builder with a discount if the opportunity arose, my viewpoint has changed and I would now take the opportunity to fly turbines for less money, the location would not matter to me, if I needed to get that foot on the ladder.
Hughes500 is a good bloke (yes I know him) and with good intent, it really is win / win, look at it from the other side, if he has to pay for every dead leg in full his costs go up in an already ridiculously expensive business to be in. No one is forcing anyone to hour build cheaply in a turbine, and the more expensive option is available if customers really want to pay top dollar to fly from A to A , perhaps even paying for the same safety pilot as they dont meet insurance requirements to fly alone. I've not spoken to H500 about this so this is just me pointing out that not everyone's intent is bad, his certainly will not be.
In my experience the likelihood of anyone paying anyone to hour build is almost zero at the start of a career in the civilian world, you might occasionally get a free positioning leg somewhere if you are lucky.
Gary
Last edited by VeeAny; 8th July 2015 at 20:00.