speedbird,
you are right, the telephone/Internet issue is a minor one.
And you are wrong, it's not because of these things that we are not being taken seriously.
actually, it's not even a matter of being taken seriously.
We simply aren't taken into consideration.
IF a company cares about the employees and their needs and fair expectations, no issue raised in such a meeting would be considered minor or useless.
and to answer to someone else who said that if we (we, hahaha, like there is a "we") ask for several things the company will just give us the peanuts and say we should be happy because our requests were taken into account, even this is wrong. why?
for a very similar reason.... The "company" is not an abstract entity, it is our management, and these are people, who know that there is a problem.
it's not by saying that our concerns were addressed that this problem is magically solved.
If they give us the 150aed per month and say now you must be happy, they aren't fooling us, they are fooling themselves, and the numbers will tell them.
In fact, they are already trying to actually address the problem.... by calling every pilot who left in the last two years and asking why they left, and what could have made them change their mind and make them stay instead.
which is actually a better idea than doing this forum, why?
because here the only choice we have is to stay or to leave, those who stay, mainly it's because they can't leave or don't want to, hence they would stay even if nothing changes.
those who left are the ones the company has to get the information from, because they know why they left, and they know what could bring them (or someone else) back.
I am totally convinced now that this forum will be useless.
have a good day
KL