I can see from a DE perspective that LOA161 is seemingly unfair but there have been people who use this to bad-mouth cadets. As a cadet who graduated a few years ago, I was given a reserved seniority number upon graduation but I don't think this is a fair way of discriminating against us because of this.
From recent posts, I see that we have come to more or less a conclusion that it LOA161 =/ hating cadets but at the end of the day, I don't feel we are obliged to go to management and give up our seniority because of a misinterpretation which I certainly never created.
But even if LOA161 was abolished, are you DE pilots would still not hold a grudge against cadets?
I've certainly enjoyed the experience that the cadetship has offered me. I was very young, especially for a cadet's standard I suppose when I was given the opportunity of a lifetime. I've wanted to be a pilot since seeing the first aircraft that flew across the sky and I dont feel as if that passion for aviation should be held against me all because I came through to the airlines via the cadetship.
I enjoy socialising with pilots because we all have our different stories and experiences. It is amazing to hear what DE pilots have done whilst out at bush and I know that I certainly have a slight twinge of regret for perhaps not coming p this route but because of the offer, I was given another pathway which I opted to take.
I've worked as hard, perhaps in a different sense to those who have gone bush. I wasn't born wth a silver spoon in my mouth and it was me who decided to teach kids at Sydney Aquatic for two years, saving every little penny to get to a point where my single mother was happy to fork out the rest.
I think I've had my little say in this now
