I work for YRE and can confirm all that is stated in the original post.
To continue the saga:
* One pilot had to fight for Sick Leave for 3 months before it was finally approved. The YRE staff thought he was lying about his sick leave cuz he planned in advance to take time off with a date set for surgery. They didnt trust the medical documentation, and it wasnt until he sent in photos of him lying on the operating table that his contractual sick leave was approved.
* Another pilot only received $6000 of the $18,000 bonus in his contract since he came to YRE with a CAAC ATPL rating as a Captain from another Chinese carrier. He is currently fighting for this bonus....same Captain that was 'punished' $1500.00 USD for the hotel alert mix-up in LAX.
* Bonus pay is not submitted for approval until months after the contract anniversary date...a problem we will face at the end of our contracts when we return home.
* Fighting for pay each month is routine...whether it be on-time salary, per diem calculated wrong, housing allowance paid late, and travel allowance paid late. One month, because the payroll lady could not make housing allowance deposit to our new Chinese bank accounts, she simply did not pay it, even thou the previous accounts used worked great. We had to fight for a week for this payment.
* Brand new policy will deduct $200 from travel allowance for commuting (Jumpseat) on company aircraft to LAX or LUX for foreign contract pilots still awaiting for these bases to open (as promised in interview)...so now we have to pay to go to work or return home on days off.
* We have no discounted fares on other carriers whatsoever. China Airlines crews can use reduced fares on CAL and retired UAL or NWA crews have reduced fares also, but the rest of us are limited to our cargo flight schedule...which we now have to pay for.
* Pay is deducted for 'punishment' without advisory or knowledge of anything done wrong...and at a subjective scale based on what the Flight Dept Director feels like levying that particular day.
* VAC days (or annual leave) is assigned by the scheduler without request. days off are shifted earlier or later at the scheduler's leisure affecting any plans you may have during your days off.
* Our contracts require us to fly 80 hours per month with 9 days off each month. This leaves 21 days that they fill with BS on the schedule...just to fill it up to show us as 'busy' even though we can fly 3 trips in 14 days easily and log the 80 hours.
* You have to fight to get back-back days off (end of one month - start of next) even thou contracts allow for it.
...more to come later.
