Originally Posted by
Soaring Cub
Instead of asking "WHAT IS THE OPERATOR DOING?!", you should be asking, "How is the operator doing?"
Small businesses are very hard to keep afloat (Especially in Aviation). Even more so when "employees" spend half their time drooling the same bulldust. "Award this! CAO that!". I suggest you tighten your shoe-laces, iron your shirt properly and show some respect. Once you start acting like an adult, the operator might start talking about adult things like "pay" and "working conditions".
Nobody held a gun to their heads, and nobody flinched when they ran away back to the EASY COAST. There are plenty of young lads who are ready to DO THE WORK!
CASA are renowned for going after dodgy operators... Don't you think CASA would have stepped in by now if there was a legitimate concern for safety. It's called "PILOT In Command" not "COMPANY In Command". The AOC in question promotes a fantastic safety culture. This is clear. Unfortunately, it seems some hour-hungry individuals, were happy to cook their books for an extra 0.1 per sector. But drew the line at getting asked to stay after dark to help the team. Company Culture is a TWO WAY STREET!
I don't know what this "proposal" is you are referring too. But I've never been asked by the operator to do anything I wasn't comfortable with. He may seem hard on the outside, but I can assure you, he's just a big teddy bear.
How is the operator doing? Is this some kind of joke😂 I'm sure he's pretty sad his proposal was rejected, so my best guess is he's not doing too well.
Plenty of young lads who are ready to do the work? If by work you mean accept substandard conditons, a psychotic boss and being pressured to work 14 hours a day, then yes, you are right.
There's a few dodgy operators around that CASA hasn't really done anything about, so it's no real surprise they've also not done anything about you. While it is true the PIC is ultimately responsible a lot of the time, as with any basic human factors (something your operation seems to think doesn't exist *cough* fatigue *cough*) you also have to consider factors such as what pressures the operator is applying to their pilots and how this is influencing their decisions. To say they promote a fantastic safety culture is ridiculous when they encourage pilots to come in well before their first flight and stay well after their last under the guise of teamwork (to the point they're sometimes there 14+ hours with no split shift), it's almost cult like for anyone that sees it from the outside.
Oh yeah he's just such a big kind teddy bear that will make fun of ex employees to current ones. Complain and make fun of employees for taking a week off even though they are legitimately very sick. Start props next to people's heads. Have mental breakdowns and take it out on employees. Attempt to start a relationship with an employee when it was clearly unwanted. The list goes on...