We don’t have a crew shortage, we have a training shortage. I would like to thank all the Checking and Training crew for their continued help. We like to think with your training salary and overtime you are being well compensated especially those on the higher salary package. Again Thank You.
We have heard some trainer’s state not to join training but were the first to take an opportunity to join the STC ranks. Maybe those individuals may think there will be a pay rise but we believe the package is a great package.
We have many second tier pilots joining The Cathay Pacific Group and many more on the recruitment list. With this new Unified pay scale increase and increase in new freighter captain’s scale we are sure that many will be joining The Cathay Pacific Group.
At present, we are training limited so we need more pilots to join our Check and Training system. It is a great package and movement within the C & T group can be quite fast (20% contribution to your PF when you graduate to STC), so come and join us now for a rewarding career movement.
After reviewing the HKAOA survey we are very confident no one will vote for major industrial. We know that pilots will get sick to their stomach when they read the latter questions on the survey. The pilots don’t have the stomach for it and as we see very few pilots are not working on G days. Many pilots have told us if major industrial action does get voted in, they will quit the HKAOA and we will not pick those individuals for contract termination.
Most pilots know we have a very good salary and benefit’s package and our higher paid pilots will not risk losing that (they know they have a great package). How many opportunities do you have; to be a wide-body captain at the age of 35? They will not put their career on the line for a vocal minority.
Will pilots quit and move to greener pastures………..well look at how many have and how many returned. We are the best compensated pilots in Asia and the Middle East. Look at how many retire on the B Scale package; so we know that package is just where it should be.
Those that think contract compliance will bring on A scale salaries or salary increases are sadly mistaken, it will only bring on career changes for certain individuals. Many will talk the talk but very few live by their words. Some will encourage our naïve thinking pilots to do contract compliance and they themselves will not out of fear. We have seen this all before.
We are very confident the pilots will not vote for contract compliance as we just have to terminate 1-2 pilots that practice contract compliance and the rest will fall neatly into line. Don’t be those 1-2 pilots. Who really cares if we lose 1-2 pilots and no one will put their career on the line for them, so we win. We have a very compliant pilot work force.
By our statistical data, we have many pilots helping The Cathay Pacific Group i.e. working on G days, commanders discretion, interoperating the AFTL’s our way and now that the FACA is no more, flying the freighter and we like to thank those pilots.
With all the data of pilots helping out, we have a small list of people…..well you know the rest.
Enjoy your one month plus 6000; I know I will be enjoying mine as it is measured in double digit months. Now where is that Ferrari brochure?
To My Bonus and Peak Living.
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