[quote] BTW am I right in thinking that the reason the deal has become mandatory is because not enough pilots applied for the voluntary package, and that the same would have happened to the rest of the staff had they not come up with the voluntary numbers. <hr></blockquote>
Yes you are right. And why do you think that is? We would have come up with the "voluntary numbers" if we were afforded the same package as the rest of the staff.
TG910:
Not drastic at all, most of us only have 100hrs on type, not exactly easy to get work with that kind of inexperience. Btw the chap you heard has been in the company for 10 years and is to be let go. As for airbus captains, well just look at this weeks FI and emirates' advert. Not exactly looking for 100hr S/O's !. Anyway that's hardly the issue here. Discrimination, broken agreements and general scapegoating of the pilot body while management award themselves generous gratuities for a job well done is more the issue.
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