Slightly off the topic....but perhaps you can enlighten me?
I heard today that at a certain tandem parachute company in the middle of the north island (NZ)......pay their pilots by the number of tandem punters they drop...not per flying hour, or per hour at the airport waiting for business, making coffees, helping kit up parachutists, cleaning the loos and floors etc.
Whats more they get paid a wopping NZ$4 per tandem.....great fun that. 30mins to FL130 and back....thanks mate, that'll be worth $12!
Personally I find this entirely offensive, bordering on criminal. Is this level of exploitation of low time pilots normal? Is there are minimum wage in NZ? I bet NZ$4 doesnt even buy you lunch.
Who is this operator? Truely shocking? I am at a loss...........