Don Quixote
ACMS
You don't sound smart enough to occupy the left window seat as your profile says. OH, I get it, while the Captain is taking his rest, correct?, with an F/O watching you I hope.
Get a life Tosser, and do a spell check next time you post.
And a very good evening to you too.
, were you drunk when you wrote the crap I see above? The MS word spell checker seemed quite happy with my spelling, but thanks for your concern I'm touched you care.
rodney rude
ACMS
Point 1 - Why should CX be advising new hires of their juniority reference KA. There is at this stage no merging of seniority lists therefore there is nothing for them to advise.
Point 2 - Yeah good one, all the KA guys go to the bottom, so the No1 guy on the KA list with 21 years of service, manager, TIRE etc etc goes behing the 220 hour S/O cadet who joined CX yesterday. Good to see you have put a lot of thought into how to destroy careers (ie lbottom of bidding rights pile, last to get leave as requested etc etc). But still - if it works for you - well that's all that matters then eh??!!!
Point 3 - Your scheme will cost CX billions. So much wasted and costly command training before they finally get down to the guys who can actually pass a command. (hey, you asked for it)
where do I start?????????
Cathay Pacific Airways bought the little ship KA.
Not the other way around. FACT.
I was in an Australian airline ( shall we call it Airline A ) that bought another Airline ( Airline B ), all the guys in Airline B went to the bottom of the Airline A list. Anyone ( from both Airlines) that joined
after that date went to the bottom of the combined list. Six months later the IRC ruled that Pilots employed by Airline A after the buyout date had to go behind Airline B's Pilots,because their date of joining was post buyout date. 20 odd Pilots lost 220 numbers overnight. A few pissed off people that year.
This is very important to anyone thinking of joing KA or CX. I don't care what you say this is worth talking about and I'm not trying to stir any pot. This occured 19 years ago and I can see it happening again.
Point 1: You are correct, nothing "AT THIS STAGE" but stay tuned, anything is possible on the road to screwing Pilots
Point 2: I have a great respect for anyone at KA, however I really don't give a flying frig if the number 1 guy in Dragonair is a BTC, STC, ITC, YYC, GGC or even a LLB.....HE GOES BEHIND ALL THE CX GUYS. If you re-read my post above you will see I suggest that all KA Pilots should be protected in their positions. So a junior S/O cannot take your command. Anyway Cx will not allow a 200 hr cadet to take your position just yet, they still need your experience in the big white jet.
You're saying that someone who has been in CX for 16 years will be out bid by a KA person of 17 years? For basings, type and staff travel? yeah right, get real bud.
Point 3: How does this cost Cx Billions?
Over to you "oh wise one" what should we do?
mairyhinge
Good discussion though...
It is an important issue we should consider. Although certain parties above seem to want to turn it into a personal dick measuring contest.