Goldcard60, you said: "...[re:]outsourcing...But not the professional, skilled employees. That is a very dangerous road to go down, and we are certainly not willing to take that chance."
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Dangerous it is...especially from a safety standpoint- at the airlines.
Unfortunately w/ airline management, there is no part of their algorithms that includes employee morale. Employees are "cost units". They are constantly attempting to "re" establish lower wages and T&Cs, and claim "market forces" and staying "competitive", etc... If successful, the historical, high-quality applicants that have become pilots will choose other professions, and also leave the piloting profession. Management will only slow their attempt of "re"establishing lower wages/T&Cs, if and only if, retraining costs exceed a threshold and/or airplanes start crashing at an "unacceptable" rate. Isn't that just lovely?
The above is fact, not paranoia.
Goldcard60, check out airline management's "collusion" organization @
http://www.aircon.org and then you decide.
KC135777
AA pilot