Turbtool said:
I thought they made it very clear that EK would only employ pilots who had permanently severed ties with their current employer. Even emphasising that written proof of the severed ties be provided.
Why would they insist ties are permanently severed? That almost implies some level of acrimony.
In most other walks of life, employers are happier to poach an employee from a competitor than to pick up someone who is not currently working - with all the baggage that may or may not go with their apparent "freedom".
Given the current pilot shortage and the so-called full employment in Australia, isn't it rather unrealistic to expect a qualified jet FO to be sitting around with no ties to an employer?
The whole "severed ties" thing sounds like spin to avoid EK being labelled as poachers. The next thing Darth will want is a government ban on EK recruiting in Australia.
Or anywhere else.