Sorry, not enough response to indicate.
Perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel. Couldn't help but notice this post by "Al E.Vator" on another thread:
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Scuse me.....don't work for you chappies but:
Given the following, wouldn't it be a very silly airline manager that p1ssed his aircrew off too much:
Emirates: by many accounts about to meltdown. Not enough pilots (recruiting is only replacing those who leave). Pilots at max hours and leave cancelled etc. Currently not increasing pay and conditions but watch this space. 1 aircraft per minute for the next 100 years or whatever they are getting. I believe there were not enough 'traditional' Euro-type pilots so they turned to India & Philippines, but...
India: Already melting down. Not enough pilots. Something like 4000 qualified captains needed in the next 2 years? Check out the ever-improving contracts there.
Philippines: Major problems, so many pilots leaving that they are having trouble manning flights. Not enough pilots.
Japan: Some of the better paying pilot positions (for the present, will only get better) but even then, major problems creeping up. Something like 40% of the ANA and JAL pilot group must leave due age over the next 3 years. There just aren't the replacements. Not enough pilots.
Asia Generally: Cathay need 200+ pilots per year. Singapore need many as well. Mainland China is booming and can only train 400 pilots annually when over 2000 are required. Korean, China Airlines, Eva and Asiana all have major replacement/expansion plans and simply too few pilots for this. Not enough pilots.
Qatar/Etihad etc: What will they do? they have Not enough pilots.
The answer is of course they will all have to offer the option of workable bases in home countries for expat pilots, better money and sensible rostering. Whoever doesn't will have parked airframes costing lost of $$$$ and it will be their own fault.
Flying schools just aren't producing the numbers they have historically and airforces have downsized and also don't lose the numbers of pilots they once did.
It is therefore a brave (suggest very stupid) manager who choses this time to belittle his pilots (as a certain Ryanair personality choses to) or degrade their work conditions, particularly if this is done by stealth via Trojan Horse 5/4 plans etc.
Anybody remember Frank Lorenzo? He didn't do much good shall we say for Eastern. May I suggest that whilst this Ryanair person has done much to build the airline as a business, his 'use em up and spit em out after 5 years' career path for pilots has a finite timespan and any further stupidity would only hasten Ryanair's already major crewing problems. That wouln't be good for business.
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