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Old 24th Aug 2005, 09:31
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Yep ATSU, you completely missed the point of RDD's post.
That aside, what is happening in the company is that standards are being compromised for the sake of profitability.
This includes recruitment and manning. As the company has continually driven down wages, the package has become less attractive to people from Western countries, this means that naturally the company will look to recruit from countries that have a lower payed workforce.
Compromising on pilot standards, irrelevant of were they are recruited from is not clever, especially when your manpower planning is so desperate that your pilot body is flying 95 hours a month, every month.
The company is significantly multi-cultural, this arguably does not enhance safety, possibly the reverse. However, you do develop strategies to support the diversity, some do this better than others.
So here is the question, putting individuals aside, does recruiting from countries with a lower cost workforce, enhance or compromise safety? (for all you fence sitters you can choose neutral )
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