Originally Posted by
PA28161
There are a lot of wasteful, money haemorrhaging practices in TCX that could have/should have been addressed earlier before the rot set in; for example the iniquitous 7/5 contracts. Paying pilots to stay at home for 5/12 for the first two years (those on NTR entry). I understand, however, that BALPA have challenged this issue and the period of 5/12 has been amended to one year for NTR pilots. (to sit at home and watch day time TV.)
Never understood how a Company, any Company, could maintain and allow for such a waste of money.