I am new to this forum, as I have joined Emirates as a DEC early this year.
It is interesting to see attitudes in an airline, and how everyone thinks within the box and only. I have been given the FIFO briefing and all the other little bits and pieces that come with the job in Emirates.
First of all let me say that I have a full pension from my previous airline, I have flown all the birds that come with a big national carrier, and I am here in Dubai until sixty to play golf and enjoy the beach. I have no desire to get involved in saving the world of aviation, in teaching anyone how to fly a visual approach, nor to pass on any of my great experiences from a previous life in a better airline under better times. I am here to have fun, and fun it has been but I can say that because I have financial security, and lots of assets to fall back on.
You guys are missing the big picture, and are involved in todays news, and not tomorrows.... The pay increse for Instructors is normal because they are needed today to continue the expansion, and they know that there will be people jumping to get the extra 5000 a month plus flight pay.
What you should be looking at, is how do we stop this erosion of t&cs.
To expect people who have not joined the airline to fight your battle is naive to say the least.... You have three solutions: 1. Do nothing, it might get better because we are honourable people who are professional, and they must see that. 2. Vote with your feet. We will leave and find something different and maybe better. 3. Do something. Get organized since unions are not allowed During golf, hokey, sailing come up with plans, and stick to them. United only can you achieve things.
It has never been easy in avaition, and my generation did not have it easy. We did not get things done in my airline because we negotiated better, or because we told our management we did not agree with them, and as professional pilots we expected more. We fought, we fought hard, and if any of you say well look were those airlines are today, I will say back, were look were I am today and my colleagues. We have financial security to play around now, and although I never got to take my plane home and park it outside my house for my neighbours to see what an important person I was, I have a bank account to prove it.
I hope you see the writing on the wall, and realize that it does not matter what you fly, or who you fly for, but how easy your job was and how much money you have in the bank
Cheers