Originally Posted by
Brother
ok twisty, i won't argue if its not over much.
which tender?
Is this a serious question?
The tender submitted to win the contract on which you are currently flying. (For “a little bit less”)
My suggestion is that had the lowest/winning bidder (your current employer) not submitted a tender, someone else would have won the work, and just as many pilots would be employed. (Hopefully you, on a slightly better wage.)
The “race to the bottom” which you deny, or don’t understand, is what your company is currently feeding.
When you were on the dole, you didn’t get cheaper petrol. You paid the going rate. (Despite the “new economic reality” you found yourself in.)
If someone started selling cheaper petrol by paying their staff less and having less of them, reducing their quality control, not paying their rent on time, and reducing their insurance coverage, we all might be happy for a while (those buying the fuel, not the staff!). Then to compete, in the race to the bottom, what do the other petrol stations selling less/no fuel do?
Under the model you are supporting, every new contract will required pilots taking a cut in Pay and conditions to compete. There is no end to it, or the consequences.
Have a great day.