Of course everyone is happy in the cockpit. If it showed they were unhappy we would Cat B the F/O or S/O’s in question. You see, we have the control and that is what we are good at. Living in fear of being terminated is a great motivator.
As an F/O or S/O, would it be wise to put it on paper or tell someone you are not happy with a Trainer or Checker. Ask the pilots who disagreed with some of our C&T’s. They are now Cat B’d for 3 years for an attitude adjustment. Of course everyone is happy. Keeps the pilot’s inline. How many are those 3 year Cat B pilots complaining now.
Rule by intimidation and fear.
As for more terminations, it is coming. We will do it different this time to avoid the legal battle. It is very simple to target someone and roster a termination simulator. Our Flying Managers are only too happy to carry out this duty.
It is trouble-free to hire a Private Investigator as we have done in the past. The dividends that pay off when we terminate someone is enormous with regard to having a compliant workforce. Very simple to select someone who has had an argument with staff travel or over a housing issue, which in itself is cause for termination, so beware.
Conduct unbecoming is open to OUR interpretation.
Nothing is changing for the better. We will have you down to the contract that we want in the near future.
As for a pay rise, we are willing to give a pay rise based on 50 hours and an hourly rate above that threshold to the usual 84 hours. Overtime will be paid above 84 hours but on a reduced rate. It is coming. If you fly 50 hours you get the base rate. If you fly 60, you receive pay for 50 hours and 10 hours of our hourly rate, 70 hours, etc.
Keep smiling in the cockpit and keep your head down, if not, you will pay.
We have the best Check & Trainers in the industry at The Cathay Pacific Group. It is a very sought after position with very good pay and benefits which only attracts the best. Those that complain about the Checking and Training system are most likely the mediocre pilots that slipped through our system. If those pilots wish to leave, we are only too happy. We usually are able to convince some of these resignees to maintain their employment with The Cathay Pacific Group.
We have many applications and will be hiring 250 pilots this year in various positions and bases. Many lower time pilots are very keen to join The Cathay Pacific Group. So we lose some pilots but more join on lower conditions, we win. Our Training Staff are more than willing to train these new pilots.
We are not concerned if we lose pilots from all positions (Captains, F/O’s or S/O’s). It will not force us to increase your package as some may think (pilot forces). It’s only going to get worse for the pilot group, not better.
The Management