The point i'm trying to make is this and i by know means am detracting from the responsiblity and at times hazardous job that the pilots are employed to do, but thats it employed to do, everbody is indispensable and without contracts there are no jobs, the north sea industry is fickle at the best of times, you all should know this better than i, switching from one company to another chasing the contrats with better pay or to head off possible cut backs in crew numbers.
I believe everyone is worth more than their paypacket states, buts let not trample on the general work force just to line your own pockets with gold, because they to have mouths to feed, and would also like a rise and some point, if he keeps hes job that is.
Also pilot shortge, correct me if i,m wrong and i,m sure you will, its not just a company issue but a industry wide one, ive looked into self sponsorship and to be quite honest there pricing themselves out, company sponsorship well pigs might fly first, so it really only leaves the mil to fill the gaps and they an't leaving due to better terms and conditions, so in the grand scheme of thing are large pay awards the real answer to the long term problem of shortages,maybe a lesser award and a well constructed long term training and recruitment program should have been implemented, just a thought rightly or wrongly but a thought anyway.