Gonna, Staying with facts is crucial to this debate. In the very near future there will a fact sheet stating the problems we have with the company. I have no paper evidence ,however speaking to one of our former uk colleages,who has moved on to the 737,his pay is very similar to that of a UK jet Captain,remember some of these guys are on a different tax coding.
The bottom line is that we are fighting to save our jobs ,our future. This is simply a matter of survival. We have already lost over 90 UK pilots. Originaly the company had an agreement to lose a given number of UK pilots over a number of years. We have recently learnt that there has been another agreement for this to stop. The point i am making is that we have never been consulted over our future,it has been decided between the company and the VNV. UP til a few weeks ago we were told that we would not be allowed to join mainline. They have now changed that. I will give an example how. Captain TRE, has trained quite a few captains on the F50,if he would like to join Mainline Has to submit an application form ,go for interview, simulator assesment,pyscometric test,should he pass all that,will be offered a position of F/o F50 Pay and pension in accordancewith his position.
Captain TRE F100, At present in charge of training same as above.
The problem we face with the company is that they continue to change the goal post. They closed most of the UK bases for what???
They tried to change our final salary scheme as they said they could not afford it. We have not had a pay rise for the last three years,there are no new recruits on to the UK division. The list goes on and on. The company agree to an issue one day then change there mind the next etc etc etc.
If i were to list ALL the greviances this would continue for pages.
The bottom line is if we lose this argument with the company there will be no UK pilots left within two years.
This has become a quite complex in depth problem.Should you have any specific questions i will answere them as best i can.
Safe flying