You will get an 8% pay increase. It must be worth it. Take one for the company. I am sure many Captains will feel for you. They do have a tendency to think of others but are usually looking in the mirror.
Sorry mates, the CX pilots think as individuals and not as a group and that is the cause of all the attacks. Nothing will change now or in the future.
An Oz based pilot does not give a rat’s ass about a bloke in LHR or his roster. The LHR pilots do not give a rat’s ass about a pilot in LAX (bloody Yanks). A LAX pilot does not give a rat’s ass about a pilot based in Perth. Who cares, it does not affect me. I am willing to screw my fellow pilots and accept a bad deal for them if I can get something out of it and it does not affect me.
Do you really think the Captains think about retirement age? Screw the young blokes. I get an 8% pay rise and I can work for longer. They don’t really care. Do Captains really care if an S/O has to pay $100,000 HKD if his wife has an operation because it is not covered in his/her medical package? I think not, but the Capt is fine, he is on a better package.
That is how it works in CX.
Crew control and scheduling operate with impunity with the sanctions of the GMA and the DFO. They all meet every morning and go over the last days delays. If you did not go above and beyond the call of duty, you will be called to explain. It’s the environment we work in.
Rules are for paper only, they do what they want. It is China.
Pilots will put their license, job and there career on the line for CX. They could be the most tired pilot at the time but when crew control asks you to go above the call of duty (which you are solely accountable), pilots back down and do what crew control wants. Pilots just hope or are ignorant on how they are responsible and CX is isolated because you as a Captain took all the responsibility yourself.
Pilot: I am too tired/fatigued
Crew control: So you are calling in sick.
Pilot: No, I am not sick; I am too tired/ fatigued.
Crew Control: So it’s a missed duty
Pilot: No, I am too tired/fatigued.
Crew Control: But it is legal.
Pilot: Yes I know it is legal, but I am too tired.
Crew Control: Standby, we are calling your Fleet Manager
Let’s just watch on how this next COS is negotiated and how it is recommended and how it is voted on. I will bet my bottom dollar that the pilots of CX will eat their own young if need be.
Pessimistic? No, just an optimist with experience and know how the CX pilots work. It will be interesting.