Stealth, I am not looking for a P**** match, nor have I said that you're blowing smoke, or any of the other issues you brought up.
You seem to be worked up about the issue, and I'm trying to figure out why.
I'm saying that the NS company has the right to do what ever they choose.
If the workload is too much for one person, then they'll suffer the consequences and have to deal with it. If the successful cantidate bites off more than he/she can chew, it's their problem to deal with. One would expect a multi-million $$ company to value the safety of their senior exec's over a few '000 extra $$$'s ??
I expect that Bell will be all over this aircraft, being one of the first placed in Canada, support will not be an issue here. I'd expect that you'll have to beat off the Bell Tech Reps with a big stick !
You say you are not a P/E and are not in the running? The logical thought that I come up with is is that you wish to be, and would like these guys to consider 2 persons, a P and an E?
You comment on what the salary should be, that is up to them and the prospective employee, some will work for peanuts to get a chance like this, others will look at it realistically and demand what it's worth.
My thoughts on the subject are:
If they don't pay, they won't get experience..
If they want unreasonable work hours or days worked, they wont get experience.
They need people to run this aircraft. Depending on hours flown, a P/E is only going to be doing basic routine maintenance, ie AD's, 25 hrs, the odd Phase, they WILL need contract maintenance also, and somehow, they will need another pilot in the system. (like hire RH on his days off ???)
You are correct that I have no idea who you are or what your experience level is.....same goes for you, you just have no idea who you're dealing with or what I have done.
I never said that this was a "Rose colored" job, it may be one of the toughest jobs going, I don't know what they expect or what they intend to do with this aircraft.
again, it's all up to them to filter through the applicants and choose the best one for the job, and that's what they'll do.
As several guys have posted, we have a great forum here, so no need to sling mud, nor P***, post your thoughts based on your experience, and we'll read them.