Ultimately, nothing MAY come of this but if we refuse the LOSA guys purely out of childish spite for a jumpseat policy that only TC agrees with, then nothing CAN come from it. And it's us, the Pilots, that have the most to gain. Believe me!
BYMONEK, you nearly had me going, as I do somewhat agree concerning the childish behavior. But then just considering what gain CAN come from it …
The LOSA outcome will be based on what the observers see, not on what we rant over with them. So basically, if we want to point out the burning deficiencies at EK, we would be more or less obliged to demonstrate them. Will we demonstrate microsleeps, to hint at the fatigue problem? Will we let the new pilots demonstrate their pretended substandard performance or English? Will we deliberately and religiously stick to silly SOP’s as to show off their inadequacy? I pretend we won’t, most of us are too professional to do so. That’s why EK operation is still pretty good up to now. We save or cover up the inadequacies.
Then even IF LOSA would reveal these problems: Will EK improve the rostering as to curb fatigue? Will they adapt the standards back up again as to only hire suitable pilots? Will they question their FCTM and SOP’s? I seriously doubt it. They’re way too convinced of doing everything right and even more way too short of pilots.
So, what CAN we expect then? Many of us pretend: Nothing.
The only thing that could eventually pop up, would be a rampant discontent shown by refusing to participate in anything going beyond the contractual constraints. I am pretty sure that LOSA would uncover and point this out to EK and THAT would be more than valuable.
Therefore it’s leading beyond the jump-seat, or about being childish, it’s about a message we’d like to get through: We want more than just being told how everything is supposed to be an improvement for us. We need dialogue and not monologue, and some REAL improvements….. GMDS