Joachim

AMEN!!!

In FOI classes, new CFI's are taught that professionalism is to provide a service for the benefit of both parties.

Joachim

Disclaimer: this is a generalization.

It's not about being selfish or greedy. It's about Return on Investment and how it is impossible to pay interest let alone reduce the principal and cover minimal living expenses. Yes, you could get a piece-mealed FBO license for 30K. However, to advance in this career you need a degree. To create a model that reflects that of other professions, you have to expect an aspirant to complete flight training and college tuition before entering the job market. Factoring initial cost, compounding interest and living expenses, a new pilot may not se an improvement in his/her financial situation for 5-10 years. While the new pilot is able to make a little more money each year, compounding interest moves the financial vertex out of sight. This of course is assuming that the aspiring pilot is not furloughed. Who chooses to enter a profession with such prospects?

People:

1: with no financial sense.
2: with rich parents.
3: who se nothing but the big shiny plane.
4: who are not sensible/bright.
5: who did not do enough research.

In any case, the quality of aspiring pilots, or a large portion thereof, will decline. Why? because they are not the best applicants or they were seriously disappointed.

Iflyforcash

Professional - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ,

(Please read)

A professional is a member of a vocation founded upon specialised educational training.

The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field. The term professional is used more generally to denote a white collar working person, or a person who performs commercially in a field typically reserved for hobbyists or amateurs.

In western nations, such as the United States, the term commonly describes highly educated, mostly salaried workers, who enjoy considerable work autonomy, economic security, a comfortable salary, and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work.[1][2][3][4] Less technically, it may also refer to a person having impressive competence in a particular activity.[5]

Iflyforcash

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zwaldo

How can we concentrate on professionalism if we are being threatened by exploding shoes and underpants?

just face it, we are human and humans make mistakes. It's just that pilots doing something stupid get about as much press as tiger woods and his recreational activities.

zwaldo

well when you spend 4 years in college stacking up student loans that equal about 100,000+ it kind of makes you want to stick with the whole idea of being a pilot. even if they do treat you like a dog.