You know you're heading for something bad when the head of the cadet pilot programme says himself that he would NOT fly the A320s at Etihad, and he understands if the A320 pilots want to jump ship to another airline. Except that if you're a cadet then you can't... not for 7 years.
If he wouldn't be willing to fly short-haul for Etihad, why is he advocating that we should?
