CAPT K
Couldnt agree with your comments more!! that is exactly the way it is in Dubai and it will not change.
HOWEVER for every flight that is not crewed from lack of pilots we should NOT be jumping in to SAVE the day now for any REASON! i am sick of doing it then sand being kicked in my face the following year
The company is becoming
CHEAP and NASTY. And the ONLY way somebody up in the higher tiers, can see that AEROPLANES do not FLY themselves!! Is to not fly when you have been rostered NOT to fly. And the pilot professionals that fly them are NOT disposable items that really dont need too much rest after a 10 day pattern or are able to do a basket full of SIM duties because they have been lashed to death and have done 900 hours in 10months!! OR for the many other reasons that have been mentioned many times on these forums!
So will the continued slide in TCs change,probably not in my lifetime here,BUT what will make them stand up and notice is AEROPLANES NOT FLYING!!!! not 3 pilots a month leaving,or 20 pilots going sick,AEROPLANES NOT FLYING!! As a thought ever thought about the fact every time somebody is called on a day off to go to work and has only had 8 days off that month NOW 7 for a lousy 400dhs what management thinks of that!! WELL how about
YOU SEE TCAS THESE LAZY CHEAP PILOTS,ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING TIRED AND NOT ENOUGH TIME OFF ONE PHONE CALL AND THEY ACCEPT 400DHS THESE CHEAP PILOTS,HOW EASY!! SO WHY WE NEED MORE PILOTS,WHY THEY NOT LIKE DUBAI WHY THEY NEED MORE TIME OFF!!
Yes we are mercenaries but NOT cheap hookers.
BUT ANOTHER MANS MEAT IS ANOTHER MANS POISON! Which is probably the managements MANTRA ! We at EK dont need to divide and conquer anybody we ensure we have such a diverse group of nationalities and previous airline experience,those that needed to come and those that thought it would be a better place and company than their previous HEALTHY airline. And the odd few that came from good airlines but need to top up their post 55 pension.So the airline is not divided it is FRAGMENTED, a managers wet dream!!
So is there any hope, NO. UNLESS PLANES DO NOT FLY!!!
Yes BUT you might say what about profit share! I say
WHAT ABOUT IT.