Caught bang to rights, eh Signet! What a spoofer.
When you said you were 'one of the 47' I had my doubts right away anyhow - good work by PPRuNe Towers checking you out. Personally I couldn't be arsed. It seems obvious enough to me that anyone who gets fired during training is unlikely to be as
grateful as you claimed to be. Are turkeys voting for Xmas now?
Phoenix rising - so I'm an ALT pilot eh? Would you care to back that up with some evidence - there's a serious outbreak of BS on this thread and you're contributing to it.
As it happens I'm nothing - repeat NOTHING - to do with ALT.
Go on, prove otherwise.
I've plenty of mates there though - and I know whats going on from talking to them.
Milehighdriver -
The ALT pension you refer to - do you seriously believe that future joiners will be hired on the same terms? Seriously???
Not a hope mate - the next intake will be Yellow Packs. Self trained/sponsored, on a decreased package, including a 'do-it-yourself' pension scheme. No more company guarentees or defined benefit schemes for them. Hell, as youngsters they won't care anyhow! They won't even realise they've been shafted for at least 10 years!
My mates in ALT won't put up a fight for them - lets face it, when a bunch of shiny new long haul aircraft + Commands are being dangled in front of the incumbents will they kick it to touch over a yellow packers pension? Not a hope. The incumbents know well that the defined scheme is heading for extinction - pull up the ladder time!
Would I leave ALT if I was there? Given my age, if I was already on the seniority list, good bread, long haul command threatening? Nah - I'd stick it out.
But plenty of younger guys are looking at many more years to command and they're running out of patience. The 3 who just left are only the LATEST 3 to leave - there've been 50 or more youngsters resign in the last 3 years, and PLENTY MORE still waiting to go.
You asked for advice/info? Here it is;
I'm glad I'm near retirement - I wouldn't wanna be starting out in this business today, whether with ALT, FR, or anyone else. The whole shebang is screwed forever more. Don't be fooled by the happy clappers on this thread who see the world through rose tinted spectacles.