You're right - they can't afford to lose pilots or cabin crew, but I predict that they will lose both, in droves. The ten pilots & the number of cabin crew who have already resigned is just the beginning of a mass exodus of those who have just had enough & who can see that the writing is on the wall.
The company is going to get slaughtered financially & the crews are going to get slaughtered by the scheduling & rostering departments, who will attempt to extract any drops of blood remaining from last years shambles.
As usual, the management will attempt to "tough it out," & even the company owner/chairman has apparently stated that" if that's the way it is going to be, then that is the way it is going to be," so don't hold your breath for any improvements in the short term.
In any case, the pilots are too weak/divided to stand up for themselves & achieve any improvements from the inside.
Only when the aircraft are grounded due to lack of crews & it is costing them money will anything change.
Last edited by Miss Inform; 23rd February 2006 at 12:32.