The AustralianAugust 29, 2008
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer
Rex executive chairman Lim Kim Hai said
"You have to be realistic," he said. "If we had to pay 10 per cent more to avoid the problem, or we had to pay 20 per cent more to avoid the problem, it could still be something we stretch for," he said.
Well it seems lim kim LOW is a
LIAR, as the afap has met directly with him & the rest of upper management, and all the company has to offer is 3% with profit share or 5% without profit share. Why is it so hard for him to offer the money that he has said he would be willing to pay in the above quote. Maybe you are just trying to talk yourselves up to the media! so as to look like the good guy's & make the crews look like a bunch of money hungry ars*h***s who really just want an honest days pay for an honest days work. Also maybe L K LOW should fly around economy class instead of first class & save some money!
it seems you might be two faced
"But the pilots who leave are not looking at 10 or 20 per cent in their new jobs with Qantas and their new jobs with Virgin. They are really talking about 80 to 100 per cent increase and on top of that a career as a jet pilot.
Crews have not been offered anything close to this money so how would he know! Check & trainers have worked out a deal which I believe is quite good, so put the 20% offer to the line pilots & stop wasting everyones time with the insulting offers & everyone can get on with the job in a better environment, so that they dont have to work a second job to make ends meat.
Steve Creedy & media why do you people always do half arsed reports on this industry, do a little research, get the facts, interview both sides to the issue instead of making it up as you go. If pilots as professionals flew in the same manner as the media/journalist report stories, we would be smoking aircraft into the ground daily.