I was on the F406 for ages. They let a couple of direct entries go on the dash before me. They flunked. They had a high failure rate for direct entry guys. I wasn't too annoyed though, the 406 is a cool thing.
- They used to have a thing in the ops manual about dismissal for .....insubordination.
Says a little about the quasi-military management.
- The call out used to be $75 (work on a day off) .
$$$$$$$$$
- When they offered me a dash FO "upgrade" it came with a pay CUT.
Now that really gave me the 5hits.
Even though a command was offered, I resigned.
I would even go back to SA if they just treated pilots with a little respect.
Pay them well, give them time off, have plenty of roster coverage, get seniority up and running, have a career progression. Just take some hints from progressive companies like Boeing, google etc.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...ompanies/2007/
These organisations are doing extremely well because (a) they have a great product/service and (b) people really WANT to work there.
There........Consultancy over. That'll be $219,754.21 incl GST.