contracts
Giving somebody false hope and not following through, is harsh. Many charter companies dangle the carrot and this is wrong. I am not only accusing Monarch of bad form in this respect.
Most charter airlines however, don’t go around promising people they can re-locate from one base to another if there are not contracts available at the base they began their temporary contract with. Monarch wrote a CCO asking crew to write to them with their preferred base.
Also when charter airlines advertise for crew, many advertise for temp contracts and when you are invited to go for the interview it is made clear (in the letter that is send to invite you for the interview and during the interview), that this is a temp contract. These air-lines say they are offering a ‘seasonal’ contract.
Also other airlines are realistic with the job opportunities available. They are clear that the contract is temporary and that there is the possibility that there will be re-entry in the future. Monarch are (ask the new entries this year, and the ones last year, or look at posts made by them on other sites) telling new crew that there is a strong possibility of being made permanent at the end of their temp contract.
Most of the crew I spoke to have said that they had other opportunities to go to other airlines, but the reason they chose Monarch was because they were told there would be a huge certainly of a permanent contract.
But ‘Silly-Moo’, I fully appreciate that it may be different at other basis, and I don’t know where you are based. I am talking about the ‘temp’ crew I have spoken to who are at certain Monarch bases, the situation with regards to contracts may have been made clearer to crew where you are based.
Anyway thanks for taking the time to reply.