Originally Posted by
BigGeordie
misd, rostering is one of the things that does need to be improved to help retain and recruit pilots. The trouble is there aren't enough pilots now to enable the system you describe and because of that we can't get new people to join. Hence there aren't enough pilots and so on and so on.
Quite right Geordie,
Emirates has held off from giving a substantial pay rise for so long that they have well and truly painted themselves into a corner.
It's not rocket science to realise that the company MUST address both retention and recruitment and that the only way left to do that is with $.
And, to be honest, the negative inertia from most employees is now such that it would have to be a VERY substantial increase in $ to have any effect.
Local culture will therefore be tested like never before as they are reaching the point where they have to either lose face or run the airline into the ground.