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I'm getting a bit fed up with reading about "rich daddies" and "rich kids" on here. I'm on the Channex/Jet2 course. Neither of these comments apply to me. What I am is someone very much in debt with the bank but determined to succeed in my lifetime ambition after 2 years of hard work. When I finished ATPL training I didn't have the luxury of taking a stand against having to find yet more money. I am a little wiser than that. There was a 737 job offered to me with a great company, take it or leave it. If I had took a stand, someone next in line would have been rubbing their hands with glee at "my" opportunity. Of course it's tough having to take on the extra financial burden but if flying 737's over Europe for the next few years means a bit longer paying off my loans then great! I didn't do this for the money. There are many airlines that take the costs from your wages. Read the smallprint. I do understand that there is frustration that the market has changed in this way for us but assuming we are individuals with endless amounts of money is far from the truth.
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'There was a 737 job offered to me with a great company,'
Before signing on the dotted line and handing over all your hard earned cash I'd think carefully about this 'great company'. Read the thread about Channel Express and the F27 pilots and see how such a great company treats loyal and hard working employees.
Before signing on the dotted line and handing over all your hard earned cash I'd think carefully about this 'great company'. Read the thread about Channel Express and the F27 pilots and see how such a great company treats loyal and hard working employees.
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bigbusdriver06, thanks for the comment about being intelligent 
the jury is still out on yourself though 
so convince me
I've still yet to grasp that while UKPLC had a closed market (in the odl days) with much lower salaried airlines alongside high salaried airlines the low cost ones such as CityFlyer, Mytravel, brit mid commuter (as it was), emerald, etc etc weren't able to knock them out of the market or even just lower the salaries of the high cost ones. So with that in mind why should enlargement of the EU bring about lower salaries? Discuss.
the jury is still out on yourself though so convince me I've still yet to grasp that while UKPLC had a closed market (in the odl days) with much lower salaried airlines alongside high salaried airlines the low cost ones such as CityFlyer, Mytravel, brit mid commuter (as it was), emerald, etc etc weren't able to knock them out of the market or even just lower the salaries of the high cost ones. So with that in mind why should enlargement of the EU bring about lower salaries? Discuss.
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I have some sympathy for those who are paying for type ratings. As has rightly been observed, if you turn down the job 'on principle' the next guy will just say 'thanks mate' and the matter is at an end.
Regarding the 'great company' perspective - we have all been there. My first job was with Channex on the Handley Page Herald and I thought I had just won the lottery when they offered it to me! Eighteen months later I was off to better things and delighted to see the back of the place. That may be hypocritical, but I hope it is not. It is nonetheless exactly what I felt at the time. I am now fortunate enough to be an Airbus captain, which I really love doing. The strangest thing is that I now look back on my first job flying the Herald with Channex with a warm glow and reminisce on how great it was after all! How weird is that?
Regarding the 'great company' perspective - we have all been there. My first job was with Channex on the Handley Page Herald and I thought I had just won the lottery when they offered it to me! Eighteen months later I was off to better things and delighted to see the back of the place. That may be hypocritical, but I hope it is not. It is nonetheless exactly what I felt at the time. I am now fortunate enough to be an Airbus captain, which I really love doing. The strangest thing is that I now look back on my first job flying the Herald with Channex with a warm glow and reminisce on how great it was after all! How weird is that?
