It is no surprise GGMRA doesn't know what to do. The looming costs of more service cancellations, Q400s sitting idle, retraining and more retraining is a big unknown. He's hoping it won't be too bad, he's hoping the newbies will save the day. And a plan? A leader masterfully keeping his cards to his chest it seems.
GGMRA might shortly come out with "there are known knowns, there are unknown knowns, there are known unknowns and we just don't know which is which at the moment. It's all very "dynamic".
You would not be discharging your duty adequately unless you determine the exact, minimum amount required to stem the flow of pilots out of the company. Not one penny more or less.
If the QFlink yeilds were very tight, I could understand this "duty" with the pennies. But Icarus, economic rationalism looks fine on paper until you throw in a few un-accountable factors. Such as:
- Lifestyle - stuffed
- Moral - stuffed
- Benefits - stuffed
- Loyalty - stuffed
- Respect - stuffed
Why not just match the SAPL salary. They just snapped their fingers, came up with a nice, round
attractive figure. Now they have an inordinate list of experienced, willing pilots.
They have lifestyle rostering.
Not rocket science.