Make Remote More Remote
Pilots and Cabin crew are a remote workforce.Self monitoring and self reporting.
By having off shore bases that remoteness is amplified but the self monitoring and self reporting is diminished.Diminished because they are not exposed to the corporate culture of the parent company.There is no loyalty.The employees see themselves as alienated.Mix that with cultural differences and you have a recipe for failure.Once the decision to establish an off shore base is made no one in management is prepared to have it closed if it fails.Even then a base's existance is justified in terms of cost
Difficult economic circumstances it appears have initiated the demise of the Thai base.Of the three bases it is the best.As has been stated the work ethic and professionalism of the Thais are hallmarks of this base.The other two bases dont even come close.
Personally I will miss the enthusiasm that they have brought to the workplace