Originally Posted by
The FUB
Why can't 777 NAM pilots convert to 747?
This is a good question. Why indeed?
Why is the only fleet to be fully operational being overmanned in one area and undermanned in another? I suspect probably for the same reason that COS18 was adjusted mid year to remove the LIFO redundancy clause. It seemed a rather peculiar item to be concerned about particularly as they weren’t recruiting, so there was hardly a pressing need to adjust what was essentially an irrelevance. In hindsight the relevance became clear.
It seems clear that management themselves don’t know at this particular time what the future structure of the company will look like. How could they? No one knows what the short to medium term future of aviation will look like. But it also seems clear that management are structuring the company in such a way that when they do decide to act again then the less constraints on their options provides the greatest degree of flexibility with their decision making.
Will the next cut (if required) be to a particular rank? Fleet? Base? Perceived individual trouble maker? Hopefully we never find out. But management are putting the building blocks in place to be more “creative” than they could have under the legacy arrangements.
Oh, and don’t think management’s actions are based purely from a financial viewpoint. They’ve been gifted a once in a lifetime opportunity to restructure the company with what essentially amounts to blank sheet of paper in terms of labour conditions. There won’t be any missed opportunities this time.