The message was that pilots, in her not even remotely humble opinion, thought they were special and above all other employees
VA pilots will receive a percentage bonus each year which other employees do not receive. Obviously someone else must agree with this silly, gobby and poorly-disciplined HR amateur about pilots being in a different category (at least for pay purposes).
Got an email a few weeks ago saying they have successfully recruited all the pilots they need for the first three aircraft. Five days later another email invited me to reapply!!!
All in all when viewed from the larger airline community, it seems the V recruitment process, insofar as pilots are concerned, has been an utter shambles. That experience "requirements" have been repeatedly lowered and repeatedly failed to be achieved is only one of many, many disorganised aspects of the circus show. It'd be interesting to know to what extent this HR chick has contributed to that shambles.
Doesnt matter where you go, HR people( not going to give them a manager title) are generally the same, liars, mistrustful and to top it off, wankers
"Human Resources" is a parasite "industry" which the corporate world has been convinced is a requirement. HR require conflict in order to sustain the requirement for their existence. HR "management" skills can be taught at a TAFE level and in many employment sectors, it often takes very little knowledge, skill or training to become an "HR guru." In the modern aviation industry, there is no shortage of "HR gurus" who despite never having set foot in aviation previously, are able to become sudden experts in the field. They're also commonly known as "spivs". From what I've heard of her, this bimboistic airhead is one of them and
not a particularly clever one at that.
From what I hear VA is progressing well and many pilots are now wanting to get a start, with what sounds like an airline with alot of potential.
Nice spin. And don't the management wish it were true... From what I've seen and hard so far, it's been something of an amateurish picture that's been presented of the whole V start-up. This woman's lack of common sense and corporate nouse and overall cluelessness merely serves to uphold a very poor picture.
At the end of the day V Oz is letting potential employees know all the in and outs of the job before they sign on the line.
Far from it. The contract leaves very much to the imagination. Having been around, most pilots will imagine the worst. Feel like working on your annual leave just because they told you to.... maybe Christmas Day when someone else is "sick"?
They can make an informed decision knowing the salary on offer and whether or not they are happy with it .......So if people are joining knowing the pay scale good luck to them.
A sadly naive, ignorant and uninformed view and, which is possibly worse, of obviously questionable motive as well. You'd do well to keep in mind that salary is not everything. If the contract had been more than a couple of pages long, then perhaps an informed decision could be made. As it stands, there is more that isn't mentioned in the contract than the contract is likely to go down in Australian aviation history as one of the most ludicrous and amateurish works of comedic literature ever foisted upon a professional pilot body.