Couple ofthings to keep in perspective here:
Pita man, you have flown with CP Training A330. I know, I have seen your roster! One thing you should know than as wel is that he is a very nice person but he will tell you anything you want to here! Off course he will tell you that A330 upgrade is continuing! He has to! He will tell you as well that upgrades are continuing just as before....
Look at the facts!
The guys selected in April all but 3 had over 6000 hours! All of them are being put on the A320 fleet! Fact 1
The last guy of that group (April 2007) will start training in june 2008! Fact 2
The guys selected in june (17) have never been approved by the CEO, as he does not believe upgrades are a high priority! They have been waiting for 6 months now for any news! FACT3
Than there is the group selected in November (18).
As far as I could understand, both the june and november lists have been merged together, making a big list of 35 people, all awaiting still approval from the CEO! FACT4
That means, all in all, over 45 people are awaiting a training slot allready for upgrades. Most of them are well above 6000hrsTT but upgrades are only continuing on A320! ( 5 guys upgraded on A330, all selected in december 2006, thats it!)
At the current rate, this means the last one of this group will do his upgrade in december 2009! Fact 5
So Pita man, you said you have 6 months to go so that is selection june 2008. That means 2 selection meetings from now. That means mid 2011 if nothing changes!
That is 5 years + after joining! And it is only getting worse for the guys after you!
Another thing you should take into consideration....
Lets say you do your upgrade here. Where will you go afterwards? The majors will not accept you as DEC and this Disney world overhere, this paradise for DEC where so many of us took advantage of, will not continue to exist forever!
So no comparison whatsoever!
Regarding QR being safe! I will not discuss such a thing on a public forum but if you honestly think that the JNB incident was the only close call we had so far, think again! Go and talk to the guys in the safety office and you will see!
But do not live in oblivion mate!
Last edited by Qatari515; 5th December 2007 at 10:17.