Interesting how a decision seems imminent of maybe considering a lifeboat for several hundred, of which a percentage will be top earners & a long way through the career path. Some with the CRS salary may be earning more than a SH surviving Captain who will be left supporting those unproductive retention salaries and retraining costs with a significant pay adjustment to foot the bill.
And yet a number of CR may well have training loans well over 100k. This appears as a company and workforce that prides “wellbeing”, “care of mental health” and “career development” and yet groups such as this can fall into the abyss whilst at the same time allowing some of the comfortable seniors into the life boat, either on gardening leave or bolstering the CRS salary with alternative work options. One must remember the thousands of other workers in other departments and companies facing the gravest of difficulties. This delivers a dubious signal to other departments that will not aide a unified workforce. If this strategy was used on the Titanic, the women & children would have all perished, thankfully there was some gentlemanly behaviour with that disaster.
Question: Are wages going to be well spent putting the suggested group into the lifeboat, and allowing the future generation whom should be rebuilding this mess to drown??? With any moral backbone, whilst difficult, the answer is plain to see.
Question: What happens if the industry has a further downturn? A further salary adjustment for a bigger lifeboat??
Question: Will those in the CRS repay in any way the working community (or the CR group) the majority of which will never be able to aspire to their remuneration on their return??
Question: It is generally accepted that the whole community should accept alterations to pay and conditions given the precarious outlook with almost impossible forecast conditions for the pandemic. If a pay reduction is to be used to support and protect a vulnerable group then that is no doubt an admirable stance, however there are countless more worthy causes out there. Do you really think this particular group within the wider context of society’s difficulties fits a “worthy cause”?
This is not a solution based on square morals and principles, a responsible British employer ought not to sign up to this complex pyramid act, & if they do there ought to be individual consent without any feeling of detriment to position. Time perhaps to look at ones consciences.........