You really believe you deserve a pay rise. Well sorry to disappoint you but it is not going to happen. We will offer a low single digit pay rise for double digit productivity gain and other items we want in your COS.
As with Dragonair (which is part of the Cathay Pacific Group) you will only received a single digit increase in pay. We may have to address the DEFO Freighter positions (we will incorporate this in the new contract you accept with merged First Officer pay) but a pay rise for the rest of the group is preposterous. Why will The Cathay Pacific Group give more money for less productivity? Every year a pilot works here, they receive an increase in pay i.e. annual payscales.
We will endeavor to crew the Freighter fleet (Temporary basings in North America, many Captains still volunteering and many more First Officers). It has been done in the past and will be done in the future. The new contract will have all voluntary freighter flying removed from the contract. This will enable us to roster any pilot for freighter duties (in accordance with the freighter rostering practices of course). You will lose your contractual right “not to fly the freighter”.
We have just received an AFTL variance for our London Flight with no or very little consultation with the AOA. Who runs the show here in HK? We have to consult the pilot group but we chose to ignore it at your peril. You are pathetic. You cannot even police your own policies.
Retirement age is not a massive issue. We will continue of offer extensions to suitable candidates (on lower than existing conditions) beyond the age of 55 which will help out with our training task. This may slow upgrades but you should be proud to fly “The Cathay Pacific Group” aircraft what ever position you hold.
Hourly Duty Paid will be introduced and as expected it will pass. Possibly not the first time but with the proper propaganda in place it will the second time. Pilots can not see into the future and what does not affect them now, will affect them later in their career. The pilots can not see this. A small pay rise for substantial productivity, which is our campaign.
Our 744F, 777 and 330/340 now operate 3 crew to various destinations, so 3 pilot operations will be no different. Most will never operate the 744P fleet and we will pit many against one. As you know it works well. The CAD is close to giving controlled rest in seats with the introduction of 3 pilot ULH under 15 hours scheduled flight time.
Will the pilot group go on strike, contract compliance, sickout, absenteeism, wear unhappy faces on their ties, etc? I think not. We will not hesitate to terminate contracts en masse to keep the pilots submissive.
Will the pilots leave? A few lower ranking pilots may leave but The Cathay Pacific Group still offers the best contract in Asia. Many can not leave due to seniority issues with other airlines and/or are too old to start at the bottom, some are too young for other contract jobs due to time away, others are on better packages than others and won’t leave, so we have you just where we like.
The HKCAD is made up of Business People and will endeavor to rule in favor of “The Cathay Pacific Group” with regard to the upcoming AFTL talks. In the meantime, they will issue variations to the AFTL’s that we request.
You are weak, the pilot group is weak, which makes your AOA weak and we will do what we want.
You do not realize the POWER of the “Cathay Pacific Group”.
Good fortune in finding greener pastures.
Here is to my bonus.
The Management