B scaler, I have a problem with 2 lines in your post -
"as a consequence, FACA ceases to be valid;"
"AOA President, having already irredeemably misrepresented the membership to this point, seems to wake up"
ST has been working on the legal side for quite a while. I don't know that any AOA action would have stopped them implementing it.
Bit of history for the more recently employed.
The FACA came in as some of us CX mainliners said it would be a problem for us to fly with ASL freighter pilots. It would have been a CRM issue. Apparently by letting them join CX on 1/1/08 in rank, base, position and pay, our angst has gone away. Suddenly 1500 pilots who had their upgrades delayed don't mind anymore.
The ones who are and should be cheesed off are the guys that took the one and only offer to transfer in 1/1/00 - they have had to wait 9 years to be senior enough to get their commands whilst they watch the guys that back doored them get back into CX into senior positions.
That was the original intent...however, as the lawyers like to say, 'custom and practice' has changed the purpose of the FACA to a prevention of degradation to lifestyle. Everyone knows that whilst freighter flying is "interesting", to quote RH, it is disruptive to your lifestyle. They have more roster disruptions and more company generous rostering rules.
I attended a company paid for course where everything I learnt was the antithesis of how cathay manages people. Fear is their most powerful and only weapon. I would ask you all, were you happy before CX? Will you be happy after CX? So why act in fear now? Just accept that this is a chapter in your life and the way they are acting it seems like the chapter is being shortened.
A life lived in fear is only half lived...
Last edited by Numero Crunchero; 20th December 2007 at 01:51.
Reason: because english is not my first language