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Old 13th Jul 2020, 04:18
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Originally Posted by donpizmeov
Agreed. And we still have those on leave without pay from other airlines employed. It's insane.
The pilots on LWP from other carriers are on a Fixed Term contract. One of the vagaries of UAE law is that those on a FTC cannot be retrenched cheaply (they would have to be paid out the value of their remaining contract) , but those employees who are on an unlimited contract can be.

'Tis a strange world we live in.
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