A history lesson you didn't ask for..
"Of course if I was in ASL and the AOA said "hey, you wanna fly for a pax airline instead.."
Whilst that may be what you want to believe; however here's my version...
After a fairly bloody battle lasting the first half 1999 that saw CX effectively grounded for a number of days due to a fairly comprehensive pilot sickout, the company had all the pax guys (but most notably the "A" scalers.. Capts if you will) on a sign or be fired. With about 72 hours to run to the deadline, which in theory could see CX fire all its pilots; a rushed/ fraught deal was struck.
To put this in perspective, I can recall seeing the press conference detailing the "landmark deal" featuring Swire's TT and the AOA's TP on CNN; this was world news! This deal had significant, but staged paycuts for A scale (offset possibly/partially by share options), small but staged pay rises for B Scales, a commitment to resolve Roster Practices and the end of ASL as a separate pilot recruitment agency of CX; because the AOA believed it undermined the careers of junior crew.... ie you
Flights Ops proposed that ASL be ended by a Voluntary Integration. You may think it was a great offer for the ASL guys; however you have to remember that in 1999 by signing to Veta you signed away 5 years flying and lost all your seniority in terms of command. Also you have to remember the ASL/ Veta guys were not on the best of terms. For neither the AOA nor ASL was this a great deal.
Albatross, I doubt you read this far....way too much info.. you are far more comfortable believing the AOA stitched you.... so be it.
PS Come on tell us... what did the nasty ASL man do to you?
Last edited by Liam Gallagher; 11th June 2008 at 07:36.