Originally Posted by belliott

I have never done any type of internship much less pay for any training beyond getting my basic ratings. I was a paid employee of Merlin Airways... I made more as an SIC than your PIC's make. I used to think like you and I am certain you will also change your way of thinking... the change will come with experience and time. My attitude is such that you are a professional pilot... you should be paid as such... you should be treated with more respect than a 7-eleven employee. My attitude is that the people and freight we fly deserve and expect an experienced professional pilot.
I can understand and relate to the fact that you chose not to instruct.... and I will not "slam" you for that because neither did I. But before you starting popping off about my experience and history maybe you should find out what my background is... I try to make myself available as a resource as I am sure the 50+ who have PM'ed me about flying in the caribbean can attest... but I find it disheartening that the new guys in aviation think that it is ok and just to pay for training.
Rant over...

Originally Posted by belliott

Great.... you know how to use the search function.... now if you were to go to the second page you would see that the internship was for a private company based on the west coast.... as things turned out I did not take the internship and instead went to Puerto Rico...... anything else you want to tell me about my life???

Originally Posted by b18onboost

Well just like you i make my judgment based on very little information I have. How do i know you didn't take the job? You could be lying just to prove a point...For all I care you undercut everybody with your internship. You sir don't deserve a job in aviation (see how not so smart i sound?). Listen to yourself the next time you write something like that dude.

Originally Posted by belliott

I try to make myself available as a resource as I am sure the 50+ who have PM'ed me about flying in the caribbean can attest...

Originally Posted by dn_wisconsin

So you're rationalizing taking someone elses job because you can go snorkling. The two worst things you can do in this industry is 1. Be a scab and 2. Pay to fly. If you don't have the experience to get a paying job flying a turbine aircraft then go flight instruct, instead of doing anything to get in a turbine aircraft. Heres a question for you do you think you are more deserving of a turbine job than all the furloughes out there who have thousands more hours than you do? If you say no, then don't defend what you're doing. If you say yes, don't ever so up at an interview and tell everyone you paid to fly.

Originally Posted by b18onboost

Also, i don't know how you would call paying 7500 PFJ. IBC Airways is a small company. It is possible that they don't have enough cash to actually send someone out for simulator training hence you have to pay the 7500 and sign the 2 years contract. It might not cost 7500 for the sim but hey it's part of doing business. They're not just going to do it for free. Why not make a few bucks off that. That's just the way it works. I would do the same thing to if I run a business like that. A lot of you might think that's wrong but put yourself in the business owner's shoes, you have bills to pay, a business to run, are you going to give things out for free while the guy next door is charging people for it?

Originally Posted by b18onboost

They're not just going to do it for free. Why not make a few bucks off that. That's just the way it works.

Originally Posted by b18onboost

It is possible that they don't have enough cash to actually send someone out for simulator training hence you have to pay the 7500 and sign the 2 years contract. It might not cost 7500 for the sim but hey it's part of doing business. They're not just going to do it for free.