New Contract
If the AOA fails to convince the pilot group that this is the best deal they can receive, I can ensure you, the one we have waiting is more dissatisfactory.
We will incorporate a whole new COS sent via DHL to your Family, as this is a Family Decision. You will have one month to think about it. If some do not wish to sign, we will terminate their contract. That will be a great motivator for the rest of the pilot group. We may do this with certain pilot groups first, so we can terminate some and the rest will line up.
We know Cathay Pacific is the best job in Asia and only a handful would refuse to sign. Those that don’t sign, we will label them as trouble makers and good luck flying your twin turbine in Papua New Guinea or your old Classic for Air Atlanta. Oh, they went under. Shame really. Good luck joining an Airline in your home country at the bottom of some list. You see, we own you.
We can gauge this by the amount of Senior Pilots wishing to sign on above 55 on lesser conditions. We may be paying too much on B Scales. We will have to look into this.
Housing, medical, pay, rostering, overtime, 13th month, profit share, etc. will all be revamped in the new COS.
From past experience, you must realise that if we what to change your COS, we will just do it. The Pilots will be upset for a year, but with a great propaganda campaign, we will slowly convince the pilot group it is a great deal. Pilots have extremely short memories.
You should listen to the AOA, If you don’t, we will no longer be able to negotiate with the AOA as they will not be representative of the pilot group and send out new contracts via DHL to all individuals. You know what we are capable of.
Cathay Pilots understand they have a good deal. We are paying better that Emirates, Singapore, China Airlines, ANA, and no one wishes to fly with Korean. We are still receiving many letters to join in Hong Kong regardless of the pollution, so we are realising that we don’t have to pay for a premium for Hong Kong.
With these new DEFO’s on a base, Unified pay, we can reduce our costs significantly. When we save that much money, you know who obtains the benefit.
With fuel prices no longer a joke, we will find it hard to pay the 13th month this year. You will only be upset for a year and of course none will leave.
Please give us your feedback, we want to know what you think. Through the feedback, we can correlate what is the minimum you will accept in the new contract. We will add some meaningless benefits and launch a propaganda campaign to make it sound significant and force a new contract on you.
Either you give up bypass pay, allow DEFO’s and new working conditions beyond age 55 or we will do what we have to do.
The Management.