Originally Posted by
non_state_actor
No point in getting to fired up over this stuff, we won't go broke because people didn't SE taxi enough.
Most guys and girls out there act as professionals - but there is the 10% (probably the same 10% alluded to above) that will do things that deliberately cost money. I’ve seen it
firsthand.
This notion that we won’t go broke because people don’t do SE taxi is an interesting one. It does save money - simple as that. Same as leaving the APU off - it does save money. Obviously we are paid to factor in all the other relevant issues around whether it’s safe, practical, efficient to not do those things. People say that taking a pay freeze won’t do anything either.
But if you add up everything that’s going on, the head office lay offs, employee groups being asked for to take pay freezes, aircraft efficiency programs - it does all add up.
And that’s not to say that it can’t be all wasted by someone high up making stupid decisions (paying 3 times the market rate for A330s is up there), but it doesn’t mean that we should all be looking to perhaps do our bit, because I still want to have a job to rock up to in a few years time.
And that’s the crux of it all - there is a growing number of pilots who are legitimately starting to be concerned about their job prospects, because the financials of this place aren’t good at all.