Originally Posted by
NG708
In a meeting with pilots yesterday they announced a new contract which we "have" to sign.
1-If you go Fatigued - 50% pay deduction for each fatigue day
2 -30/15 roster mandatory for all bases outside Europe/Turkey
3- Company seem to have illegally made deductions from the annual bonus. The new contract has a large clause that allows them to deduct for every ground duty, sick day or day you are not flying. They are relying on this to deduct from everyone this year, despite it not being in the contract. Basically as soon as somebody writes a new rule in Riga, they all follow it, whether it is legal, contractual or safe.
Expect a large number not to sign the new contract.
No mention of any summer flying program really for anything other than 737 fleet. Winter is Nov-March inc.
Flying hours can vary by base and project. It is very hard to get over 50-60 hours in Istanbul due to mainly being short internal flights. You will never get near the 70BLH limit for extra pay unless your are an LTC.
"thanks for the info !
Does anyone know how do you end a contract with them ? Especially knowing that even if you paid your type rating you « have to pay » a 10k€ fee in case you leave this crazy Airline during the 1st year after your Line Check."
No, check your contract and which agency issued it. Aerviva insists on a 4000Euro deduction if you leave within 4 months of an LPC/OPC. Pretty hard to avoid that, but consider they owe r you far more most of the time.
No no I was not talking about the bonus SmartLynx is giving you, but about the penalty YOU have to pay to SmartLynx after your Line Check, they call it « Contractual penalty ». Is really someone paying these huge amounts ?