Originally Posted by
Obidiah
....the fact that both doctors and nurses have a higher level of work intensity coupled with longer hours in any given RFDS day forms my belief they are both worth more than the pilot, hence why they are paid more..
With respect, that is completely untrue.
Regardless, no one is suggesting the flight nurses don’t deserve what they get (they certainly do).
The issue is that RFDS management have totally failed to recognise the reality of the pilot shortage and are still conducting themselves as though they have a mountain of high quality pilot applications to call on every time someone leaves.
They don’t. And as a result they are heading very quickly towards what could be a real crisis for them.
All they need to do is recognise what’s happening and make more effort to stop the pilots they already have from looking elsewhere.