SP: I said no because if I could 'turn the clock back' and go back to my previous employer, I would be in a much better position than I am now. 20:20 hindsight however is useless and that fact is based on the information I had then, which was very little but generally positive, EK was the right decision to make.
In answer to your question: Once here it is not that easy to leave. You have given up your previous command and seniority, moved the family and resettled the kids... it just is not that easy to pack up again and go elsewhere. I also had faith that the decline in Ts & Cs would be temporary and that things would change for the better eventually. This naive hope soons gets knocked out of you with every FCI/N announcing another cost neutral change where we always end up paying the price.
What you can do is bide your time, get your command back, get some hours and then look for some more suitable options. There were not that many options a few years ago but now there are and many have already taken these new opportunities and after May many more will... including me.
EK could have been so good. Instead it has been managed down to mediocraty and all the short term cost cutting won't pay a fraction of the long term cost it will end up having to pay for.
Last edited by Marooned; 22nd April 2007 at 10:46.