Emerging KA Crewing Crisis And Contact Compliance?
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Chengdu..FFS. Are they investing in breathing equipment ? Drager, sort of thing firemen use.
Longreach...the pilots' friend...especially when taking their 12%, or is it 15 these days. ?
Longreach...the pilots' friend...especially when taking their 12%, or is it 15 these days. ?
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Hong Kong is fast becoming a "graveyard" for unemployed pilots from around the globe whose state airlines have gone bankrupt ( Alitalia ) or independents that have failed ( Air Berlin and Monarch ).
CAD will accept any license it seems although this is not reciprocated with by other agencies. The executive pilot experience levels are frightening.
As a result the old players( CX and KA ) are taking advantage and reducing packages to the lowest common denominator and will pay market rates.
Elsewhere, in the real world, airlines are cottoning on to a worldwide pilot shortage and upping their deals to attract new talent now.
Like the housing market in Hong Kong the pilot demand and supply model is badly broken and when the "crash" comes !
CAD will accept any license it seems although this is not reciprocated with by other agencies. The executive pilot experience levels are frightening.
As a result the old players( CX and KA ) are taking advantage and reducing packages to the lowest common denominator and will pay market rates.
Elsewhere, in the real world, airlines are cottoning on to a worldwide pilot shortage and upping their deals to attract new talent now.
Like the housing market in Hong Kong the pilot demand and supply model is badly broken and when the "crash" comes !
Hong Kong is fast becoming a "graveyard" for unemployed pilots from around the globe whose state airlines have gone bankrupt ( Alitalia ) or independents that have failed ( Air Berlin and Monarch ).
CX/KA are no longer the employers of choice. Morale is very low in both companies and if even 10% of the guys who say they will leave if their Ts and Cs are cut do actually go to other employers, they will spark a major crewing crisis.
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Recruit from where ?
SCMP today HKA going to purchase zillions of 787's.
A big factor in the decision making process,,,,,,, Boeing probably already issues FCOM & doc's in Spanish & Portuguese.
Both countries collapsing mi Amigos - bring on the Paella
A big factor in the decision making process,,,,,,, Boeing probably already issues FCOM & doc's in Spanish & Portuguese.
Both countries collapsing mi Amigos - bring on the Paella
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Yes don’t forget “baby baby squeak squeak “. Gravid mouse, squeezed until immature foetuses pop out. Eaten with chopsticks of course. Best washed down with a bottle of glycerin and arsenic laden beer.
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More to the point, HKA will be trying to attract CX Boeing pilots, who can do a quick rating on the 787. The industry will be doing all they can to strip away CX's pilots, and you can be assured that within 24 months CX will be in the midst of an irreversible crewing crisis. At that point, no matter what they do, it will be futile. Their name is already anathema to most career minded pilots, and will be even more so as the months go by.
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Quote: “Our resignation rate and early retirement rate … are both a very manageable and in the appropriate range as we continue with our plans to recruit, train, and retain the appropriate mix of skilled pilots to meet our growth plans...”
Wishful thinking...whistling past the graveyard...optimism bias...ostrich effect....
Wishful thinking...whistling past the graveyard...optimism bias...ostrich effect....
