MFF is great on paper, but when done as a half-hearted attempt to massage the egos of few A320 instructors, it unsafe at the best and ultimately dangerous at the worst. With some, it may be satisfying to the ego flying a big jet. To others its nothing new, and is merely a life style issue.
To keep the penis envy at bay, perhaps a way of sweetening the pill for the 320 guys, could be a way forward. Pay scales like those of the two star Loco operator down the road might help. We don't see too many AA complaints on the web. Even limiting the hours our 320 pilots fly while guaranteeing minimum hours might help (yep it happened before). This would cost money, but in the long term improve lifestyle and perhaps even keep pilots. I think the management is slowly, painfully so, realising that people are leaving in the face of the worst recession since 1930 and that they have to act now before its too late. Wait for the mass exodus, and it
will be too late.
Now, we are allowed OJ, PAX meals and a newspaper; who now knows the munificence of the boss.
