B.E.
I'm now on my 10th airline in a 5th country. BY was on the list many many moons ago in the days of random rostering.
My beef is with the nitwits who do NOT roster productivity but roster minimum time off. It is pathetic. In various airlines who I've been with, and left for this very reason, I've challenged the rosterer and M.D to work their duties but to my roster. In all cases they have refused, but claimed I had no case for complaint as the roster was legal; end of discussion. With block heads like that there is only one solution. Quit or take matters into your own hands. I shall not be surprised if the sickness rates go through the roof. The shortage of pilots is looming large. Everyone is expanding and the boot is about to be on the other foot.
It is all such an unnecessary conflict, but it will happen. I wish Guy Fawkes was around and so he could stash his cache underneath that hidden airline CEO production college. Somewhere is this hidden centre which churns out the most antiquated obnoxiuos man managers on earth, who then employ their clones as head rosterers. People who think they can make a fast buck and have lots of glory in a short time. To hell with the career minded crews who trust in their dreams. There is not one who has delivered on their promises. I wouldn't buy a second hand bicycle from any of 'em. But sadly they have been the destroyer of many a good career, and never their own. And this stems from the CEO's of major carriers right down the food chain. It is a shocking indicment of the industry and would be considerd scandalous elsewhere. The mystery is how they've got away with it for so long. Can the public be so ignorant? And can the vocational crews be so gullible?
Last edited by RAT 5; 25th May 2005 at 22:06.