Originally Posted by
ElZilcho
Probably not a fair comparison if I’m being honest.
Back in my day there were 3 Link operators who were rather independent of one another and only partially owned by big brother.
There was no blended contract or joint seniority so moving between them meant resigning from one and joining the bottom of another, usually people only moved to join Cook if they were a local as they paid the best and only had a Christchurch base.
Pay varied from lousy to decent depending on which company you worked for, as did the rosters.
6 Sector days were common at Eagle while Cook was rather cruisy having a single base with longer sectors.
Much has improved over the years, especially with Eagle being retired.
Appreciate sharing your experience. Now I understand why it's called link. When researched about NZ and looking at the history, I guessed they were called link but now operate as one big company NZ. In your opinion, do you think ATR is the most suitable for those routes in NZ, or they might consider switching to Q400 or small jet like ERJ? in the future?