To all of you who are contemplating joining CX, consider carefully the above statement. In the US, most pilots just walk up to a counter and are given a free pass to ride on the plane to whatever destination they are needing to get to. We however are the poor stepchild of the industry when it comes to this. We are told we 'are not on any
js agreement'..and are politely told to move aside so they can help the next passenger in line...
Unless you are willing to live in LA, the cost of getting to work is rapidly increasing. Round trip tickets between cities is predicted to rise towards $750 round trip by the end of the year. With reduced capacity, we won't be able to use our (limited) reduced fare tickets that we can obtain (standby only). A colleague at United told me that they have been told that next year the success rate of standby travel for staff is projected to drop to below 20%...and that is for their own employees! We won't have a chance of commuting any more. Living in LA is prohibitively expensive, and almost unaffordable on CX's salary. We don't enjoy any of the benefits of other airlines (CX even makes a profit from it's own staff when we buy a staff travel ticket!).
Consider all the issues before you come to work here. Many of the options that facilitate the access to work are rapidly ending. If CX would get off neurotic arses and get us access in CASS, then this would not be a problem. Of course, that would be seen as us obtaining an 'unfair benefit' over the other staff wouldn't it...?
