Originally Posted by
Flava Saver
If it’s that bad... why haven’t the masses quit. Numbers speak volumes, and that ain’t happening.
The only reason many of us stay is seniority. Have you heard of it? It is a scheme agreed by airline management at the introduction of jets when jet type ratings were conducted in the aircraft. The ratings were a major expense and at the time jet pilots were in high demand. With seniority if one changes companies one starts at the bottom. If I could change employer at the same rank or higher I would be gone. Economists will tell you one factor which gives employees power is 'mobility of labour' - the ability to change jobs. We don't have it. So year after year cost cutting focused management can screw us over. CX doesn't even have the supposed positives of seniority - we have had direct entry commands and first officers in the past, we can't use it for fleet changes, it doesn't really work for staff travel and we don't have it for leave and rostering. CX is a truely ****** place to work. I hate the company. I do nothing extra to help them and at the moment I can't move to a better job. No other profession has seniority. As an industry we have to get rid of it if we want to see conditions improve as we would have the power of mobility of labour.