Originally Posted by
Checkboard
Ten hours?? Take off, climb, stall, emergency descent, approach, go around, visual circuit and land. Job done. Sign the book, start tomorrow.
You are probably right - which makes the bond amount even more ludicrous.
To reduce pilot turnover, a smart operator would have a bond representing true training costs, and provide clarity on those costs. Terms to equal or better the Award (which is not all that generous anyway), and offer a decent end-of-contract bonus with a juicy sign-on bonus for another two years.
There was a time when conditions in the commuter airline world in the USA were pretty ordinary - low pay, big hours, minimal annual leave etc. Life on a Dash 8 or similar here was much better. Now the Yanks have seen the light, while we seem to have gone backwards.