Why is it that whenever I think of a request for 'more' anything made to SIA I get this image of the film 'Oliver Twist' in my head?
The latest 'request' for an inflation matching pay rise has, in real terms, resulted in the Bananas family being $900 per month worse off than they were this time last year.
It's not rocket science. SIA Cargo is steadily driving quality and experience out and recruiting guys (30 Captains short already I believe) who (always with one or two exceptions) are prepared to work for peanuts. And does SIA Cargo care? No, as long as they have a bum on a seat, of course not. But when another approach incident becomes a smoking hole in the ground, then they might realise that safety costs.
That reason alone is giving many people good cause to look around.
Last edited by BANANASBANANAS; 19th Apr 2008 at 09:40.