This is the only place I have worked where the captains leave at twice the rate of the FOs! This has got to hurt! Why are we in such a hurry to sign off on anything? The longer this goes on, the better it is for the DPAs position in negotiation! Management state we will never get cx terms, but the longer this goes on, stating the obvious, the more chance we have of getting close. So we pull out of negotiations until JC has done his indepth analysis of the rise in rent prices in hong kong.
We pull out of negotiations until this analysis is complete, then we go for back pay because of the companies delay. In this time of indepth analysis by the company, another half dozen captains have resigned, and the company is potentially parking aircraft, due 'crew shortage'. One thing you can count on, if we sign off before this crack team have analysed the property market, there will be no increases. The same thing for schooling. Lets just hold off until it is complete. Time is on our side, not theirs. Current T&Cs no longer attract new hires, new hires not turning up can't be put down to a coincidence anymore.
The same for rostering. management say we are making 'progress'. Why should we sign off on anything until this "progress" is incorporated into the agreement? Otherwise it is just bs propaganda to get us to sign off in the 'hope' things will improve. This is akin to telling children that if they are good, santa will come. A hollow promise, when you realise that santa doesnt exist, neither does any rostering agreement. Lets see the agreement,(or santa) then we sign.
May we live in interesting times!