Jolly and White,
Obviously you guys had your courses cancelled. Could you share with us who, how and with which reason EK called you to give you this news? Off course I understand if you guys can't do this if that would mean you could loose your anonimity on this forum. (Don't ask Capt America though, he's rather lousy at that
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I understand you guys are being punished because you fly the A340, and we are obviously short of A340 F/O's, even more than other pilot groups are short.
AB Captains are flying like hell as wel, and EK is aware of that, that's why they planned your course in the first place. Now with cancelling, how will they manage the AB Captains for the summer? Will these guys go even more into overtime, or are they planning to replace you by DEC's Airbus? And that's even before the upcoming resignations due to our great payrise..NOT!!
I would also like to be the first one to speculate about NEXT years bonus: nada! The way the company is going now, we will never be able to keep those new aircraft flying, we almost can't handle the way things are going now. How on earth are they expecting to make even more profit when you can be SURE that aircraft will be parked? Did anyone inthe higher regions of management look at the long time losses? What the long time effect will be of flight cancellations, passengers being stuck because EK can't provide them with flights they booked?
On the bright side, with the delays you guys are facing, you might have the pleasure of doing some training with Capt America, who will have finished his TRI course by then.. He will without doubt tell you how great EK is, and you guys will probably completely forget all about the !!!!ty summer you guys are facing. Life will be beautifull...
To end with, for what it's worth, please know that our thoughts are with you guys. You guys are taking a direct hit, but I'm sure most of the AB F/O's are with you, also suffering from the ripple effect...
There's no certainties anymore, the lies continue...
MR8