I think that the cat may well & truly be out of the bag (given social media reports) with dissatisfied customers due to L3’s inability to provide training in a timely manner, as anticipated in the contract.
NDAs ability to conceal the dissatisfaction is now ineffective. The dam has burst.
These contracts are invariably heavy weighted in favour of ATOs and provided the experience stays positive, remains on track, everyone is happy.
However, when a number of FIs simply jumped ship to fly the big silver birds etc, then of course problems arise.
Depending on the level of dissatisfaction, M’learned friends may well be earning a crust.
The paradox is that given the tsunami, there will be numerous ex FIs, (now/about to be unfortunately made redundant from airlines) who would be more than happy to be re-employed at an ATO.
A new era dawns post lockdown.
Those ATOs who take a more holistic approach and treat those unfortunate trainees caught up in the tsunami well, similar to a doctor/patient relationship, (as oppose to a hard nosed commercial contract) will invariably become stronger and survive by doing it right. Social media can be very persuasive.
Last edited by parkfell; 23rd May 2020 at 08:31.
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