Novice Pilots allowed to buy time....

[bushy]

Missionaries??

And if you join one NT operator, you are considered to be a "technical missionary" and are required to raise the funds to support yourself.

[Centaurus]

if they don't do it the next dude will.

Wot's a"Dude?" in terms of aviation? My dictionary states "A dandy; a city person on holiday at a ranch"

[Ixixly]

Ok, my question as a student pilot who is coming up to his PPL and a few months hard work to his CPL is this:

If i was offered a job where-by i would be called upon to do a few hours of flying a week unpaid, assuming i had the correct qualifications which i'm assuming these pilots had and at least one of us had a reasonable level of experience how is this wrong? I'd have to assume that the company would certainly NOT want to lose an aircraft and as such would have had to have some confidence in me as a pilot to handle it as even this small amount of cost cutting would certainly not be worth the potential damage a low hour pilot could cause?

Whilst admittedly i've only started studying for my CPL Air Law exam i'm not aware of any particular section that states this sort of activity as being unlawful? Nor can i see any logical reason behind why a pilot whom was deemed suitable to be put in the cockpit with someone whom i'm assuming (Please correct me if i'm wrong because it can change my entire view of this!!) has a reasonable amount of experience is any more of a risk than paying someone to sit beside him and rack up some hours and experience in the same manner?

I've heard that this sort of thing isn't that uncommon out there in the big bad world of GA so is it more of a smoke screen than anything else? As i've plainly stated i don't have a huge number of hours so i'm really just trying to ascertain from those with more experience the ins and outs as i could be in this sort of situation one day myself trying to get some real world experience!

[bilbert]

I reckon that these newbies should be out flying PIC in a clapped out piston twin carrying up to 9 pax, miles from supervision and paying for it. If they survive, they must be good pilots and worthy of a fabulous well paid jet RPT slot eh!. Would make the majority SLF flying between capital cities feel much safer.

[bushy]

good enough?

When will we see Qantas and Virgin and the other major airlines selling ICUS to a continual stream of newbies and also having a huge turnover of inexperienced captains?