This is a clear F$&* you from senior management who are the highest paid in the world by a crazy margin.
What a snub to the SH pilots.
Still all the text messages begging the guys and gals to crew flights get promptly answered and the record on time performance keeps the managers on $8,000,000 to $25,000,000 salaries with their KPIs set to these metrics. Single engine taxi at a record high.Discretionary fuel at record lows. Jackets on in sweltering heat.
Seems clear that they think the SH pilots are stupid bus drivers and should just roll over.
Perhaps they are right? Talk It tough in the Jet and at the bar. Can’t stand up when you have already rolled over.