First Officer for Sale on Ebay (for free!!)
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I think this guy is totally unemployable and should be banned from working at all UK airlines. If you look at the other items he is selling he has a "I love Britney" badge listed. This alone brings me to doubt his mental state and therefore perhaps he shouldn't hold a class 1!!!!
Get the feeling that while trying to sell his beloved "I love Britney" badge to raise funds to pay for a type rating (as is all the rage amongst the kids) he thought he would list himself as a joke!
At least I hope it was a joke, anyone who has a badge like that could be quite unstable like the girl herself (allegedly) and might actually do anything..................even work for free!!
Get the feeling that while trying to sell his beloved "I love Britney" badge to raise funds to pay for a type rating (as is all the rage amongst the kids) he thought he would list himself as a joke!
At least I hope it was a joke, anyone who has a badge like that could be quite unstable like the girl herself (allegedly) and might actually do anything..................even work for free!!
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Fly for free, pay to fly, just how much lower can this industry sink?
What will be the next revenue generating initiative? You can bet pay for a command course/time is next on the list.
What will be the next revenue generating initiative? You can bet pay for a command course/time is next on the list.
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got to ask the question, why were you looking for a first officer on ebay in the first place? Today 12:39
Good question, I was actually looking for a 737 manual, and this fool appeared!!!! Shock horror
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Harming to the pilot community? Head on over to the BMI line training thread and have a read over there for something that is harmful to the pilot community! At least this guy hasn’t paid 36K for the privilege, he's doing it for free! That’s almost moral!
(Completely different discussion)
Although, come on guys, this is a joke, it made me chuckle on a rainy Monday morning.
(Completely different discussion)Although, come on guys, this is a joke, it made me chuckle on a rainy Monday morning.
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Coo, lot's of people got out of bed the wrong side this morning!
To be honest, this is showing a bit of initiative. Working for free is of course abhorrent, but at least he's trying something to get some work. Better than the usual "I'll sit at home mailing CV's and then whinge on Pprune 'cos I haven't got a job".
To be honest, this is showing a bit of initiative. Working for free is of course abhorrent, but at least he's trying something to get some work. Better than the usual "I'll sit at home mailing CV's and then whinge on Pprune 'cos I haven't got a job".
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I am sure the ex XL/Zoom pilots found this joke really funny.
Come on, the world doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom does it? we can have a laugh every now and again! It’s the only thing that keeps me going!
ECON cruise, LR cruise...
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...oh, he'll have to do better than that!!!
Seing that many SSTR FO's are already paying to get their first 500 hrs. on the aircraft, he's way behind the capital curve on this one 
So if he hadn't spent all his dads dough on one of the top integrated flight training establishments in the UK, he'd have had some money left to pay his way to the front of the queue like everyone else instead of relying on eBay to do the trick.
Or perheps he's not unemployed because of the stupid credit-crunch - maybe he is a dunce and that's what's keeping him at the back of the line??? One cannot help but wonder... Anyway, since he's got no hours on the aircraft, and no experience worth mentioning, even if he was Einstein he'd still be way down on anyones list.
Boring!!!
Next!!!
So if he hadn't spent all his dads dough on one of the top integrated flight training establishments in the UK, he'd have had some money left to pay his way to the front of the queue like everyone else
instead of relying on eBay to do the trick.Or perheps he's not unemployed because of the stupid credit-crunch - maybe he is a dunce and that's what's keeping him at the back of the line??? One cannot help but wonder... Anyway, since he's got no hours on the aircraft, and no experience worth mentioning, even if he was Einstein he'd still be way down on anyones list.
Boring!!!
Next!!!
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Its me
Hi,
It was infact me that posted the add on ebay- i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse.
Hi,
This was obviouly done as a joke and i apologise if it not that obvious to you or has caused you too much offence! It was done more to highlight the plight of low hours pilots, in an amusing way, who are being treated worse then prostiutes- "paying to get
by airlines and line training organisations who force us to pay to fly passengers around which is, in my opinion, ridiculous.
I agree one hundered percent that schemes like these do no one any favours, and probably degrades flight safety, as you have an F/O who is in the right hand seat based on how much money the airline will make from him vs. someone who is there based on skill and ability. However, maybe you should not be venting so much aggression at me- may i suggest a Mr Michael O'Leary in Ireland, for one, who has probably damaged and degraded the reputation and pay packet of professional pilots slightly more than myself.
Thanks for your email and i apologise that this is a group response.
It was infact me that posted the add on ebay- i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse.
Hi,
This was obviouly done as a joke and i apologise if it not that obvious to you or has caused you too much offence! It was done more to highlight the plight of low hours pilots, in an amusing way, who are being treated worse then prostiutes- "paying to get
by airlines and line training organisations who force us to pay to fly passengers around which is, in my opinion, ridiculous. I agree one hundered percent that schemes like these do no one any favours, and probably degrades flight safety, as you have an F/O who is in the right hand seat based on how much money the airline will make from him vs. someone who is there based on skill and ability. However, maybe you should not be venting so much aggression at me- may i suggest a Mr Michael O'Leary in Ireland, for one, who has probably damaged and degraded the reputation and pay packet of professional pilots slightly more than myself.
Thanks for your email and i apologise that this is a group response.
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Are you sure the badge didn't say " I love Brittany"
Spears aside, if it is true, then the guy is a one-eyed trouser snake ! It's for reasons such as this that I am happy I never made it any further than my MCC simulator !
CG.
Spears aside, if it is true, then the guy is a one-eyed trouser snake ! It's for reasons such as this that I am happy I never made it any further than my MCC simulator !
CG.
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Pretty rich gl2651 saying:
"i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse."
We're not the ones who had nothing better to do with our day than CREATE an advert for eBay as a JOKE!
As for the abuse, if you are stupid enough to have done such a thing, then you obviously stupid enough to think something so topical wouldn't induce an abusive reaction.
This has to be the unfunniest joke of the year
"i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse."
We're not the ones who had nothing better to do with our day than CREATE an advert for eBay as a JOKE!
As for the abuse, if you are stupid enough to have done such a thing, then you obviously stupid enough to think something so topical wouldn't induce an abusive reaction.
This has to be the unfunniest joke of the year
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Hi,
It was infact me that posted the add on ebay- i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse.
It was infact me that posted the add on ebay- i have copied below the email that i have sent out to the people that have nothing better to with their day than firstly, browse ebay for pilots, and secondly send me abuse.
I appreciate your frustrations, been there etc.....but, even what you perceived as a harmless bit of fun has provoked a bit of interest from the pilot fraternity. If it was a joke, which I doubt very much, very funny I laughed! (especially at your pic)....
If you did it to highlight the plight of many out of work pilots and the hoops they have to jump through (financially), you have joined the que of many others before you. Genius or Stupid, that lies in the eye of the beholder, but what I will say, your follow up doesn't do you any favours. The people who probably emailed you were probably asking you to remove the ad as it only serves to highlight to Airlines the plight of the low houred F/O who, let's face it, is willing to do almost anything to get work (aka your ad).
You are right in what you say regarding schemes, it is a shambles, but there are and always will be wannabeees who are willing to mortgage their parents upto the hilt and then prostitute themselves for virtually nothing. The quicker the wanabees stop doing this, the quicker Airlines will take notice and HAVE to stop. There will be a an upturn eventually, and pilots will be needed again, so until then, do what most have done before - that is dig deep, do any flying available like you are doing, and what is wrong with a turbo prop to begin with, that's what I cut my teeth on, too many expecting to jump into a shiny jet now.
Good luck mate, notice you quickly got rid of your pic too, that was a good move!
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No one is forcing you to 'pay to fly.' You can't get a job. Sorry fella, but join the que. It's a similar situation for a number of my friends. They weren't able to purchase a 737 rating, but had the good instinct to work it out that this alone would be pretty useless. Hopefully you aren't a bit sore about finally discovering this fact after you got your rating?
And there's no point in having a go at Mick either. Are you saying that if he offered you a job tomorrow, you would say 'no?' Maybe he has said no already or maybe you are venting some anger because it didn't work out for you at FR?
No one is forcing you to 'pay to fly.' You can't get a job. Sorry fella, but join the que. It's a similar situation for a number of my friends. They weren't able to purchase a 737 rating, but had the good instinct to work it out that this alone would be pretty useless. Hopefully you aren't a bit sore about finally discovering this fact after you got your rating?
And there's no point in having a go at Mick either. Are you saying that if he offered you a job tomorrow, you would say 'no?' Maybe he has said no already or maybe you are venting some anger because it didn't work out for you at FR?