Pilot Layoffs At Tcx & Myt
Flight deck and fleet numbers at the newly merged airline are in excess of foreseen requirements, the new management reported yesterday in Manchester. One significant part of the rationale for the merger will be to "prune" the combined UK operation. (Cost-savings, efficiency, etc...usual financial mantras)
Expect a flurry of job applications to arrive at your local UK carrier from the unfortunates low on the Seniority Lists of both TCX and MYT. As usual, the lowest paid, and often brightest pilots will be the ones to be pushed, or at best forcibly re-located.
A real pity for the survivors who narrowly escaped in the last MYT cull in Dec '04, most of whom will be up for the chop. Company loyalty in today's UK aviation environment is for the naive and the foolish, sadly.
Interestingly, age discrimination vs LIFO may well be an issue as a side-effect of selection of pilots chosen for redundancy. Watch this space.