Simon Templar
To use one of your quotes "play the ball, not the man"
I don't see anything discriminatory in my post. Nowhere have I suggested that only young, single, childless people should fly... If that were the case - i wouldn't be flying myself.
If anyone is being discriminatory - it's you, suggesting that "like most other negative posters you probably don`t have a female partner,will never have and will therefore never have children." ie. gay! (Not that there's anything wrong with that)!
Neither am I bitching - i'm advocating change.
I love my job, I love this industry and one of the main things I love about it is that it is dynamic.
It also means that we - as crew, as an integral part of this industry have to be prepared to change with it. What worked 10 years ago (or whenever the current rostering system was introduced) may not work now!
If we aren't prepared to be pro-active about change - then we are going to have it imposed on us... and I know which road i'd rather go down.
I joined this airline knowing the system i was entering and am more than happy to fly the trips i get. But the fact is - it will change whether we like it or not and i'd rather we as crew had some input on the way it changes so that it does benefit the majority - and I truely don't see anything selfish in that!
(and as an aside - yeah, I do a lot of Jobergs - obviously. I honestly don't understand why they are so unpopular. The overtime is good - they are generally a very sociable/fun trip and there is a pretty decent stand down time... It would be nice to have a bit of variety occassionally though)!
That is about as bitchy as I get!