A full page advertisement in BLAPA's Oct/Nov 2009 rag (Page 4 - inside front cover is BALPA financial solutions).
for OAA....
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The very issue where the cover feature with "A Change for the Worse - We reveal how cadet recruitment could change the face of aviation"
Lead line... Worrying trends in training and working conditions mean that what was once a great job for life is in real danger of becoming a seasonal job for students.
and a very quote from that cover feature..
"The problems started when CTC became a supplier offering cheap labour. Airlines are now of the opinion 'why pay when we can get cheap cadets?.'
Monarch Captain
and..
this is the beauty..
"Businesses today have lost any sense of morality, it's all about returns - you're not even a staff number, your a cost number.. it's just pure bean counting."
Lynne Clark, BLAPA Vice Chair
Lot of morality there on who you take the advertising dime of while decrying their competitors for the same actions as the advertiser.