So who is behind the so called "pissing off" plot?
The Latin Americans?
The Algerians?
The Indians?
The Arab League in general?
In all honesty, I think that theory is a bit far fetched. There simply are too many nationalities in this airline and the times where one big maffia group was ruling certain parts in flight ops are long gone...It only still exists in the rostering department..
What is absolutely true I think is that this new policy for trainers has pissed of ALL parties involved and was not a particular bright move! It might seem to be a perfect solution to your problems as a manager flying a desk in an office, but in real life it is a disaster!
Besides that, it shows a particular lack of knowledge of company and region's culture! Transferring on a larger airplane in most cases is still seen as a promotion! So forcing an A330 TRE to be SFE on the A320 would be seen as a demotion!
This airline seriously needs to start thinking in parts of career planning and long term solutions.
A pilot, if ambitious enough, should be allowed to plan out his whole career, with clear stepstones.
A320 made a good start point allready. Everybody should put in his/her duties on the A320 first. Its damn hard work, long days, lots of duty for half of the flying time. After a certain time there you could be allowed to go and sit in the lazy seat of a widebody plane!
This should be certainly the case for people wanting to go in training!
The way it is arranged now is totally erratic! Lets say your ambition is to be TRE on the A330, but currently you are flying the A320.
It actually is faster for you if you just do your job as CApt A320 (refuse the offers to go in trng), do your term, transfer after 2 years on the A330 and accept the invitation as LTC on A330 --> TRI --> TRE!!!
The new policy tackles this a little bit by demanding 1000hrs PIC on the airplane before becoming LTC, but there is always that little note which allows the company anything in case needed.
DEC can still join on A330 or T7 and become LTC after 6 months, hereby pissing of all those people who are putting in their best efforts on the others fleets since years before!
The only solution would be to have all instructors channel through one or two base fleets and have them work their way up in the company! Only this guarantees the honoring of seniority.
As long as seniority is being violated on a daily bases in this company, they wont create the much needed loyalty to build a solid instructor core for the future.
A plan like this might cause some additional problems at the kick off point, but on the long term it will be smooth running and self- feeding system!
Am I asking too much once more?
