Originally Posted by
Sir Korsky
This thread pretty much sums this industry up. Unless you're one of the lucky few who gets those golden career steps, you'll probably end up in this situation at some point. All I can say to any new aspiring pilot, is make sure you have some other way to earn a living that you can flip to, so if you ever find yourself in this situation, you can retreat, walk away and bypass the misery.
Yeah, it can be miserable if you can't walk away for some reason (family, financial reasons) or if the company are just being dicks and forgetting that profit at costs might have the opposite effect in the long term and cost them their pilots.
Originally Posted by
Twist & Shout
When “Chief Pilots” were replaced with “Manager Of Flight Operations”, in Australia, “negotiating against the pilots” became one of the core tasks. Standing up for/looking out for the pilots or saying “no” to the company were duties that have been removed from the role.
Why don't CPs just say no? Surely they can make a safety case to demonstrate what a spectacularly bad idea it is to have them working directly against those they're supposed to be building trust with. I'm genuinely surprised that any chief pilot worth their salt would agree to it.
Originally Posted by
zoomcage
Surely CASA wouldn't allow the Chief Pilot to be involved in any industrial negotiations. How can the pilot group have confidence in the flight operation's head if he is negotiating against them?
Seems Babcock isn't really into aviation, they dabbled and the profit margins aren't as good as defence contracts and now the pilots are feeling the pinch. They are selling up their aviation operations around the world, only a matter of time before another operator takes the reins in Aust.
CASA wouldn't give a **** unfortunately.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Babcock because they are certainly not an aviation company. Going great guns (pun intended) in the defence world. I wonder if the industrial action being taken by the pilots will impact on any of their other business? You wouldn't think it would look good if you are bidding for defence work to have a major component of your workforce on work bans.