He is an urban myth from Leo Hairy Camel. Flying Shortly, you have your opinion but it isn't justified or explained, it is hoped for and is extremely wishful thinking. The purpose of the redundancies is to lean back resource in order to improve efficiencies.
The ultimate result? In the future, recruitment but on far worse Ts and Cs.
You talk like you'd be perfectly happy flying anything regardless of the money on offer. Well either:
1.Your family are happy enough supporting you and any of your dependants whilst you go and enjoy your life flying planes for a living. (or so you think you will).
2. You are quite happy making your dependents be the providers/ live on the bread line so that you can go and enjoy your life flying planes for a living. (or so you think you will).
People who continue to take great pleasure/content in current/ past pilots being made redundant are the types who would be perfectly happy with payscales for
a320/737 of the following it would seem:
Fo (less than 500 Hours) - £17000 - £20000
Fo (more than 500 hours) - £21000 - £27000
Captain - £29000 - £36000
With an extra £1000 for being a TRE/TRI!
You talk like you side with the airline management with your 'get the expensive pilots out and pay us much less talk' and your:
Well done to Willie and Christoff if you ask me!
You try living on the above salaries, which people like you are the route cause of, with a £100K debt. It is impossible - you'll be making minus money. And you try getting a mortgage ever. This is madness. I won't compete when people like this are willing to work at this level.
Is this really what you want Flying Shortly et al? Out with the last remaining proof of our worth and in with the next bunch of little arse wipes who are solely focussed on their short term desire to be in a job 'that they love'?