Whats wrong with 30 years in the LHS of A319/B737 European shorthaul?
Who gives a toss how big your jet is, how many engines its got or how fast it goes. They all look, operate and feel the same.
No desire to fly long or medium haul and spend days in hotels with colleagues. Shorthaul is shorthaul these days. BA EOG are doing as many hours as easyJet. Same stuff - different logo down the side.
Plus who would choose to work out of Heathrow?
Oh, and LoCo's give you the option of working on the continent. Seen what selling your 4 bed detatched in grotty Crawley will buy you 30 minutes South of Paris? Or 30 minutes East of Belfast?
but for an LCC pilot, what a pleasant shock it must be to work there.
Hmmn, lets see. No fixed roster pattern so I don't know what I am doing a month from now. No bidding power. Car park miles from report. Cabin crew earning more than me. No command for the rest of the decade. No command on long haul ever. 840hrs a year. No final salary pension. Top of the list for redundancies if they ever happen. Got to move and live near Gatwick/Heathrow. Pay cut for 5 years. BA politics. Slightly smarter uniform.
Low Cost flying ain't Nirvana but I don't see EOG as being Paradise by a long chalk.
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