SOP,
Tad harsh there with the remark
[quote]bmi 'management' are very wily and sought only to surpress pay deals and reduce terms and conditions. The object being to show the pilot workforce as a smaller item on the balance sheet.
I.E. Use the Sep 11th atrocities to downsize in the full knowledge (from years of experience) that business will pick up next summer and overall pilot establishment will be unchanged.
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This is a verbatim quote from the DFO: [quote]Unfortunately we do not expect any improvement next year, our current plans are based on a worsening position with no improvement until 2003.We certainly have no plans to recruit any new pilots in 2002, although we hope we may be able to back some of our redundant pilots next year. Having said that, I am aware that many of the low cost carriers are recruiting, for example Ryanair, Easyjet and Go. We are hoping that the pilots we make redundant will find other jobs relatively quickly <hr></blockquote>
That wasin late Nov, and it doesnt seem to be wily, just an interpretation of the market at that time. Which is, what managers should do, no?
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