@ United Biscuits
KA pilots have NEVER once supported their CX colleagues.
How many times have CX pilots supported their KA colleagues? About the same!
You got your 13th month for contractual reasons and you could pay it back.
The 13th month is in the KA contract, just like it was in the CX contract. You have to remember that the KA contract was almost a carbon copy of the CX contract when KA started. Everything the KA pilots have that CX pilots don't, CX gave up voluntarily. As it happens, the CX pilots still have their 13th month. It was rolled into their pay sometime in the 90's. If KA pilots voluntarily give up their 13th month, CX pilots should volunteer to take a corresponding pay cut. And now, the company calls the 13th month the CNY bonus which means KA pilots no longer receive the discretionary bonus. So technically, they're worse off than their CX brethren.
We'll see how many KA guys volunteer their 3 weeks away. During SARS it was less that 25%. In CX it was nearly 99%.
Bullsh!t. KA had too many pilots took unpaid leave during SARS. The company had to recall some, to find they had signed contracts with other companies and were subsequently short of pilots.
Let me be clear. I am not trying to set KA pilots against CX pilots or vv.
Really? It sounds like you are part of a management disinformation campaign. You say you're retired, so why bother stirring the pot? Enjoy you pint and try to lose the chips. Remember - you're retired!