New Hire Rules QF

[dr dre]

Originally Posted by krismiler

I started a similar thread in Rumours and News about senior F/Os not wanting to upgrade to junior Captain. No one wants to be a Captain. [l

Those are US airlines (United and American) who operate on a strict seniority based rostering system. It makes some sense to not upgrade until you can hold a decent seniority to get trips you want. Most pilots in Australia aren’t rostered that way.

Now it's spreading down the ranks, S/O on the Dugong doing 2 or 3 long haul trips a month with 1/3 of the time spent in the bunk, good layover destinations with 5* hotels vs bus driving around Australia doing 4 sector days and actually having to work in return for about the same money.

The big difference now is money. In previous days the 380 SO would pull in more than the SH F/O. Now a SH F/O flying a decent number of hours will double a new hire S/O’s pay under the new S/O conditions. Yes, you’ll be working more but now the money earned will reflect that.