Originally Posted by
Dmitri
Everyone's situation is different. Advantages of Tirana: tax free salary, cheap (probably one of cheapest in the network) living, nice climate, easy operations, different roster options.
Albanian operations are way more organized than Malpensa or Fiumicino. It is all-time champion for on-time performance among large bases.
3 types of pilots are being sent to TIA by the central people party council in Budapest:
1. new hires or fresh upgrades
2. bad apples
3. people who cannot fly from home at the moment (i.e. Ukrainians).
No one wants to go there on self will.
Tax free salary:
why would you want to pay taxes in the european "Colombia", where there is no social security or social system in the first place? Albania is equal to a central african country on that regard. And i love the place so its no racism here, its a fact.
Wizz know that, in fact they send people in crappy places to avoid taxation, so people feel in heaven when they actually are in a s@@thole.
Ask yourself why Wizz do not operate in Germany, Denmark, France or other northern countries.
Be aware, this is going to bite hard close to retirement. Wizz don't care about your retirement plans. They squeeze you to the max giving you a doped payslip.
Cheap place to live:
yes, if you live in a dump in Durres and commute to Tirana on a medieval high speed road with cows crossing day and night.
Try living in center Tirana with an european lifestyle, then tell me how it works at the end of the month.
Easy operations: better not to comment here but in my career i have never seen easy operations
Different rosters: 14/7 or 6/4 like elsewhere (more a 6/3 in reality).
OTP is a joke to give away amazon candies to naive staff, trading safety for a few minutes of delay; given that, OPS in MXP or FCO are slower for a simple reason, they work under a strict safety protocol, something which is totally lacking in TIA. And you know, as i know, what i am talking about if you are in TIA. Also, you cannot compare TIA with FCO or MXP in terms of size of the airport.
Best to All.