Hi Apache
Thanks for the figures - will admit I am not up to date, based on what you say even moving onto the 73 as F/O is pretty much a no brainer.
Things really do not bode well for REX (and any other operators who do not have some sort of a progression scheme with someone in place.)
So: will REX now be smart enough to approach
VB to organise some sort of "career advancement" deal??
Is the situation so tough
VB could, in the short term, tell REX to "f**k off, we don't need you??"
And the cadets - WHEN they are let loose when could they be upgraded?? 2 years?? 3 years?? never??
Will REX still be around TO upgrade them??
Finally a small nugget of insight for REX management: no matter how tightly you think you have bonded/tied down employees IF things are moving and IF people think they are being screwed over THEY WILL FIND A WAY OUT!
"But that's not what our lawyers say!!" response from Management 101
Just a thought from the course: Management 102.
PS: course "101", although excellent in its own way, being relevant to the days before computers, colour TV and the miniskirt, is probably no longer applicable to your present conundrum (or nightmare??
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