Come and work for us and spread the gospel, seer.
We have seen:
F27 pilots sold down the river after months of assurances.
Airbus pilots about to be made redundant whilst the company recruits 757 pilots. The BALPA Head of Legal Service BALPA intervened; Airbus pilots were then retrained on the Airbus
Manchester pilots informed by letter they are about to be dual based Manchester/Blackpool. All a ‘mistake’ we are told, after much protest.
But still no one gets it. Most here are on the first job, or first job in Civilian Street as you have noted. They’re just naïve.
The ‘pay rise’ every one is carping on about is disappointing for some, we had been told for some time we would receive sector pay, I think people were expecting Easy/Ryan/BMI Baby type levels of sector pay. But we don’t work anything like as hard as those companies, though I recognise some bases and pilots work harder than others, particularly trainers. My view is we’re not badly paid for what we do, though that may change as the company grows. It is hard on the FO’s though; most are broke after paying for their own type rating.
But all this when the industry is suffering from a shortage of experienced, type rated pilots. What’s it going to be like when & if the industry experiences a downturn?