Agree with Emma with the following additions.
"Some colleagues have bought a 'shoebox' in the middle of nowhere"....Yes and they cannot sell them for even significantly less than what they paid in an already depressed market.
"Don't be fooled into thinking the lighter rosters now are a permanent"...Wise words having seen many many such temporary lulls.
" inflation"...Using the beer guage $18 USD for a beer, enough said. Discounts through APC(EPC) Platinum which were typically 40-50% are now typically 20-25%.
"The bulk of nurses in the hospitals and clinics come from developing countries"...The bulk of our pilots are now coming from developing countries.
"when/if pay increases match inflation"...It's been almost 3 years now with no pay increase...or 3% step as per the contract. This lack of pay increase alone is worth around AED 500,000 over 15 years per pilot....Oh but its only 3% I hear over and over....the words of fools and the company knows it.
With the A380 eating up the profits and the changing pilot demographic I can't see any pay rises any time soon.
The academy turning out pilots by the 100s will also have a major impact on time to upgrade in the very near future.
If they can't plug the A380 hole possible collaboration / integration ahead with implications on seniority, pilot numbers and so on.
Last edited by allaru; 5th Dec 2019 at 18:32.