The ethics of taking a job with CCL now need to be discussed. It would appear that any new positions at CCL for the Boeing program would be for assignment to Avianca. The figures from ACDAC are that 107 pilots have now been terminated and another 70 or so left for other jobs prior to getting terminated.
So that brings the total closer to 200 pilots who have been adversely affected by taking part in a legal strike. The vote for the strike was 630/700 in favor so this was a serious enough issue to the Colombian pilots of Avianca to stand up for their rights and to withdraw their services. That any pilot would knowingly and willingly go to work at Avianca as a replacement given those facts defies belief.
Certainly there exists pilots of low moral character and poor ethics so it is probably impossible to prevent some of those types of pilots from joining the program, but one would hope that the audience here listens to the facts and decides appropriately.The other part of this is that the current CCL pilots on contract to Boeing are at risk of termination if they refuse an assignment to Avianca.
The reported threat and intimidation from their managers is very clear, "if you do not go to the assignment your job here will end". Some of the current pilots will quit over this issue, others will go under protest. It beggars beliefthat they have been put into a situation like this. Reportedly Airbus has refused support for Avianca due to the strike and the pilots who work there, now informed of the situation by other pilot unions, have agreed not to participate in union busting activities.The new degraded contract for this CCL position makes the job very different to what it was previously. Under the new terms any deployment is extendable to 42 days so even days off can not be known in advance and must be approved by management.
It basically makes the job six weeks on / two weeks off with almost no possibility to do outside work for lack of schedule clarity. It also makes it impossible to make overtime and penalizes a pilot financially for any sick days. CCL and Boeing are really taking the piss with the new terms. Some pilots may think that their current position is bad and this would be an opportunity to work for a "good" company. Sadly the reputation for that company as an employer is not understood. They make great airplanes, no question, but they are not a labor friendly employer.Another fact off this situation is the 787 qualified pilots who are being deployed to Avianca are only going to be cruise relief first officers.
As stated in the previous post. Many of the assignments of this position are similar or worse. Sometimes they may only be on the jumpseat as an observer. It is very easy to go non-current in the position. So think carefully about going to be a union busting pilot; then losing currency; then trying to find another job when the whole program is terminated.