Originally Posted by
Black Pudding
What some short sighted immature unintelligent poster fail to understand is that if and when an airline fails, it throws pilots onto the pile of unemployed pilots looking for work. Whether you agree or disagree with terms and conditions at any ACMIs, what you don’t want is anyone prepared to work on less terms and conditions than you, looking for work and applying to your company. This would only hold back your company needing to improve your terms and conditions. Stop being pathetic and wishing others in need of a job. It’s supply and demands and the only thing you can blame is those companies that use ACMIs. Everyone wants cheap flights and holidays, blame them as well.
I agree with the sentiments. I think the issue really in Europe is that the fragmentation of the regulators and unions allows these operators to flourish with poor Ts&Cs that cant be countered... which are ultimately due to a drive for severely underpriced flights available only due to the underpayment of flight crew and often instances of disguised pay to fly (paying for a type into the system that you end up working for).