Air Atlanta Beware!!!!
Had a good friend on the phone to me today who has now had his contract terminated by Air Atlanta the reasons they gave him were that he made unreasonable demands .
1.He wanted to be paid on time.
2. He wanted to be able to tell his wife where he was going to be in the world in the next 24 hrs
3. He also wanted to know when his days off might be so that he might just be able to spend some time with his nearest and dearest.
4. He didnt expect to be told that he could'nt go home on days off because the company might need him.
5. HE THEN OF COURSE EXPECTED FOR HIS CONTRACT TO BE TERMINATED WHEN HE REFUSED TO OPERATE AN AIRCRAFT WITH A TECHNICAL PROBLEM OUTSIDE THE RELIEF ACCORDED BY THE MEL.
I suggested to him that this is a company that is sailing very close to the wind and that he was better of out !
Incidentally my commercial flying days are now over . It is a sad inditement on our industry that it seems the very excesses of the less professional 3rd world operators are now percolating through to europe.