Re: Does anyone know what's going on with MAS?
Although the combination of warm desert sand and substantial remuneration have taken their toll the sad truth is that MAS still has quite a pool of local pilots who are satisfied with their lot in life and are unwilling to make the move to greener pastures. In addition to this there are a great number of first officers who are well beyond their command dates and who will be ready in a snap to move to the left seat.
With the reduction in the number of new destinations there will not be a demand for expat captains in MAS (if ever there was.) Most of the captains in the wide-bodied fleets are relatively young and now there has been an extension of the retirement age to 60, so go figure.
The moment of truth??? Well, the truth is that the pilots got a 25% pay rise and an extension of their flying life to 60.
Is there any other truth?