In this corner, we have cx retired pilots and some senior pilots.
Conditions:
A Scale salary their whole career at CX
A Scale Provident Fund
Medical Cover (Unlimited) for whole family with worldwide cover
Travel Fund (based on First Class Travel) plus FOC Travel (contained into their COS)
Benefits Not Taxed
DEFO positions with the higher A scale pay (BTW it takes a 13-15 year B scale Capt to reach the pay of a 5-7 year A scale F/O)
Some with very short time before command
No Review Board (for those Cat’B ings or QL upgrades)
No Junior First Officer Positions
No Second Officer Positions
Made lots of money on housing.
= happy cx pilot and willing to work on lower conditions then their co-workers
In this corner, we have the New CX Pilot
B Scale introduced In 94
B Scale P-fund with Fidelity at the helm, no currency protection there folks.
Reduce Medical Care i.e. Limited amount and only in HK and country of domicile
No travel funds with useless FOC travel. Your travel fund is based on First Class travel. Our FOC’s are in cattle class.
Benefits are all taxed, more tax to pay on our reduced salary so less pay in our pocket equals pay cut
Longer times to command
Review Board to base your performance on what you said to some a$$ that deserved it or based on a report that you were not debriefed on, etc,
DESO Positions with longer times to pay increases
Cannot afford to by a house big enough for the family.
= One pissed off cx pilot.
Some of you have no idea of what the pilots at lower end of the food chain have for conditions. It was all signed away in 94 when most COS conditions are now at the company’s discretion and amended from time to time, salary change, provident fund change, etc. It did not affect me attitude.
All those failed upgrades must have been justified, just like the 49ers! But I think we might have hashed that one out before.
Is there something about living in another mans shoes before judging him.
Can I just have the A scale salary and the P-fund and do my 15 years. Some have stayed 25 years.