Operating away from bases?? Isnt that fairly standard in our game folks? Which is why they are getting an allowance, hotac and hours being closely monitored to ensure compliance with Excel FTL scheme as approved by CAA etc. Their roster is still written by XLA.
Morale may not be perfect cos a winter in the Caribbean is no doubt preferable to a winter in Stansted, but no one has been "coerced" - thats where the aircraft are so thats where they go. There were meetings and agreements and its all legit.
As for the actual contracts, well much more than half of the pilots are contracted with only the hardcore few being permanent Excel crew.
Sorry, i know scandal is more interesting than routine, but barking up wrong tree here!
oh, and Mr Vulture - Excel Aviation is part of our group but a separate company who run a much larger fleet than just ours. They deal with Futura, Azzura, Atlanta et al, so the fact they have more work than they can allocate at the moment i take as a good thing. And if the Miami air stuff is cancelled can we have our aircraft and crews back please??
