Originally Posted by
mince
FACT!
Illegal Bond.
It is Illegal under Taiwanese Labor Law. The Bond you sign on Day 1 (I came Type Rated), expires 3 years AFTER your Final Line Check. That check takes place 4-6 months after you sign the Bond.
Your work Contract expires 3 years to the Day after you start.
So your Bond expires 4-6 months after your contract ends. The Bond stipulates 3 years of servce, so you CAN NOT complete your Bond service obligation. Therefore, they keep your money. The Bond is designed specifically for this.
The Bond amount is discriminatory based on your Nationality and former airline.
Annual Leave.
Your contract states you are given 18 days in the first year, that starts to accumulate after 4 months of service. Yet their manual states leave accumulates after 4 months from FLC. So there is no way you can accumulate 18 days leave.
Rostering
100% correct. Corrupted to the core. And the fruit salad who builds the roster is way out of her depth.
2-3 days off, then a day of STBY or RSV, then home leave is very common.
My fleet Manager was a Midget Racist (no names allowed). No Common Sense or Practical approach to flying.
Friend just had an engine failure. Landed the plane safely, no injuries, no damage. Berated for not calling the Operations Department. The crew Spoke to Engineering (who sit next to Operations), spoke to the Company on Local base frequency. SATCOMM wasn't working, so he just landed the plane.
He was met by Fleet holding the FOM for failing to comply with company policy. Even after explaining their attempts to contact JC, "You have to contact the company, it is Policy."
This airline on average, has Killed 13 people per year, every year for the last 50 years. (verifiable fact).