So PAF if the RAAF decides tomorrow that in order for them to justify the next aircraft they need to fullfill their corporate goals you, and your other steely eyed messenger of death mates, will be required to
1/. Pay for the training yourself,
2/. take a wage cut and
3/. Sign a bond saying you will recompense the RAAF further if you decide to leave within X period,
That would be OK?
And this is not all about new employees being shown a contract and told "This is the deal...sign if you accept" this is about current employees being told your current type (which you paid for) is now redundant and we are going to be operating this new type here...so you will pay for your training, take a pay cut and sign this AWA and bond or **** off.
At what point, in your view, does employee subsidisation of the employer so they can reap greater profits for shareholders become unacceptable...if ever?
"Just vote with your feet" I hear you say...would that we all lived in your reality...some people have mortgages, children etc.
Gulf Air have just offered the staff HUGE payrises because 100+ pilots resigned after their last desultory offer...70% payrises apparently. So yes voting with your feet can have an effect if enough people do so in a short enough time frame.
And of course resigning is not illegal. So what is the difference between all the pilots withdrawing their labour by resigning en masse and them all withdrawing their labour for a period of time via strike action?
According to you one is the sign of strength of character and one of industrial sabotage....but the effects are instantly identical while in the medium term the industrial action is far less damaging.
In the case of industrial action the matter can be resolved in minutes literally...everybody resigning en masse (and standing by that decision) will destroy the company in the current pilot employment reality.
Or do you think they can find, train and deploy 100+ B717 pilots tomorrow?
Remember what happened last time all the pilots resigned?
Not one of the effected companies is still in existance.
You can bet your ar$e management remember...it wasn't so long ago that NJS was top heavy in 89ers.