Mo Man Tai;
Sorry I missed your reply in the first post.
So you think that an outside post represents a sensible post, well that is spoken like a true outsider.
As far as the bank account and provident fund, that will all be gone the minute that a manager takes a dislike to us and we are sacked. Gone, and along with it all the savings we have amassed as well. No exaggeration the company's sackings are a major financial blow to all. To those fired immediately and to those to be fired in the future. That is exactly why we must have some rules by which we can protect our jobs from indescriminate management aggression.
Carreers at CX: What kind of career can end at a moments notice with no justification? What kind of career has no protection ? Any representation that stands against a management dedicated to controlling pilots instead of working with them is good representation.
Captains' upgrades: Well aren't you jumping the gun a little. We are 7 days post sackings. The HKAOA has a game plan. There are further developements to come.
Intelligence: Well you have hit the nail on the head. If pilots were not intelligent they would not know that they were being so badly screwed. We are expected to fly to the letter of the operations manuals, aircraft manuals, jeppeson manuals, MELS, NOTAMS, FTDLs, and most importantly company employment contracts. When the management sees fit to change the contract, alter the conditions or change the interpretations, they will do so. We are used to a regulated industry governed by rules, rules not to be broken. Cathay Pacific feels it can break a contract or change wording/interpretation whenever it chooses. We are smart enough to know what is out there, to know what we are worth, and to see through all the company propaganda. It is all about intelligence.
SPHERE OF EXPERTISE: My sphere of expertise is aviation, my life is aviaiton, if this is to be aviation to come, I would gladly see CX crumble rather than give in.
Please do fly SQ. Please continue to do that in the future.
If nothing else Cathay Pacific has proven that they cannot handle expansion. They cannot handle hiring, they cannot handle training, they cannot handle aircraft aquisition, they have know idea of what it would take to survivie in anything less than a monopoly. Perhaps they really are not deserving of their rights in CLK and Hong Kong. This would be entirely the fault of the current Flight Operations management.
SAFE FLYING
Cheers