I fly for a third world airline. The company is just about staying afloat. Cost cutting is the order of the day. Expat contracts are not being renewed. I am not in the line of fire, but just behind...
But how far can we go!?
Brinkmanship is a death trap.
Since the beginning of 2008 I have been 4 times in discretion, 2 of them to the maximum allowable FDP of 18 h.
On one occasion I managed to get my flight on top of an 18 departures queue, just to make it with 3 min to spare before going criminal.
Else - 306 pax in d hotel for 14 h and a farewell letter from the Boss.
I was with a brand new F/O on a 3 sector 11h sched duty that day. After we leveled off on the last sector I felt totally sick with the stress, pressure and fatigue...
What would have happened had I gone down?!
There is no Regulator as such. They feed off the palm of the National Carrier.
So common for a developing country...
And I lost 36% of my savings over the last six months. So can't just show them the finger and bugger off.
I am stuck. Like most of us. Life sucks! Until you go down in flames
