I know how and why things are the way they are....
MS, PT and the people "with the big picture" have "saved" money by making sure we are not getting paid at the rates we should, making sure we work our a** off, making sure to run people out of hours just in time for the summer, making sure to p*** off people as much as they can by having a leave system that is c**p and a pansion that is *****!!
This in turn has led to FOs leaving, CPs leaving and TRI/TREs leaving.... I think the number is around 340 at the moment....
This all happens when the pilot market is at its highest in years, leading to:
Not enought qualified pilots applying.
When people apply, they are, most of the time, low experienced...This requires more line training, thus more TRI hours....TRI hours that we do not have!!
Now we work even more. The leave system "releases" less days as days available for booking leave. Later this summer we will have even bigger difficulties covering the summer flights....
In desperation, the company is now asking to buy back leave days at a p*** rate, this showes how bad things are.....
/CP
Oh, and I forgott - Still taking on those DEC´s!!!!