Originally Posted by
longago9
- BCA: No recent feedback from people working there, anyone there at the moment?
Under severe pressure from the CAAC, the CAAC ravaged their foreign crews in revenge/retaliation/retribution/childish hissy fit over unrelated mishaps of others. The are severely understaffed as a direct result.
They are severely short of operating cash as the locals are far behind in receiving their pay.
As for a 4/4 roster, expect a "force majeure" situation where you simply may not be able to get them to give the days off despite the fact it is what you signed your name on. They won't discuss the situation except as a last option to try to get you to keep flying, they will only squeeze as hard as they can starting with no replies to your communications as they pile flights into your roster over top of your supposed contracted time off. The people making the decisions will wall themselves off from you so you will be unable to call them out directly for the violation of your T&C's.
The group generally agrees it used to be the best place in China to be, now it is my consensus it is about the worst.
That all said, I will say that the crews are a pleasure to work with.