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Old 10th Dec 2009, 11:54
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There is a crew management problem at Link. Crew complain of salaries saying Link pilots are worst paid in industry, which resultantly does not attract better pilots.

This snowballs as more experienced and better ones seek better opportunities as soon as they have built reasonable hours and new entry level are one's prepared to work cheaply in order to only build hours.

Example is cited of two very young recently appointed single piston rated with 500 hours t/t, sent for Sim training and conversion, now starting as BAE-146 FO's.

It is alleged that investigators should start looking at crew morale, human resources management, and CRM, before they even delve deeper into technical and maintenance aspects.

Old addage: Pay peanuts - Hire monkeys, or at least not the better that is out there.
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