Originally Posted by
pilotchute
Wait a minute. My company pays full wage from day 1. Ground school and systems is 3 weeks. SIM is 2.5 weeks. Instructors and classrooms cost money as do my wages when I'm not being productive. My company also covers hotel and transport for the duration of training (ground and SIM training)
Your 3420 is now closer to 10000.
You forget that all costs have special discounts, VAT recoverable and deductible from company’s turnover.
And even if it wasn’t the case, salaries of inexperienced pilots are lower. So they manage to recover a higher amount compared to the real costs.
Many companies prefer that F/os leave as soon as the bond period is over. First, this frees up positions for new F/Os who will start flying at a lower salary. Second, since they cannot upgrade them all so that they start as Captains at a lower salary than the experienced ones, they remain as “high-cost senior F/Os” raising the payroll costs.
Naturally, no manager will admit that the whole situation is beneficial for the company's costs and will use the exceptions, leaving during the bond period, to terrorize the remaining employees. We have reached the point where companies are asking for a bond to be signed for the costs of the conversion course for already rated and current pilots. As if the conversion course can be used to join another company.
And no one comments that despite the economic benefits (cost deduction from turnover, lower salaries for junior F/Os and junior Captains, lower and lower experience requirements for both seats and their pairing), the cost of fares is constantly increasing.