al446
Laws CAN be amended & changed ESPECIALLY if there is a safety concern. THAT is one of the founding, fundamental reasons why Unions were created.
A previous poster has highlighted that the CAA isn't happy with current experience levels & I don't for one minute think their concerns apply just to EZY. And you can understand why, when...
...there are increasing numbers of young men & women who are ,for the main, relatively in-experienced in their roles which subject them to demanding working conditions in a hazardous, often fatiguing job, who are constantly coming to work carrying massive financial burdens coupled with NO job security, in addition to everything else that encompasses this most stressful of jobs. As for your patronising remarks concerning why should pilot's be treated any differently, I'll not take the bait, however why MUST pilot's be subject to 'special' employment terms & conditions?
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE STOPPING MILLIONS OF AIR TRAVELLERS EVERYDAY BECOMING ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN ALL WEATHERS, DAY & NIGHT, 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Such patronizing posts could only come from someone who is not a pilot but one of a growing number of pilot-haters. I think you must be either airline groundstaff, airline office staff, atc, security or engineer. All are vital disciplines that are essential to getting aircraft ready for flight.
But only one team can sign to accept the responsibility for getting that aircraft,crew & pax to where it's supposed to be going safely.
Only one team can through experience, training & competency, deal with plethora of potential problems, dilemmas & scenarios that stop a routine flight ending up in a smouldering mess plastered all over the news bulletins.
Only one team will most likely NOT be at the subsequent accident investigation should an catastrophic & fatal incident occur. In this case, the ground & office staff will get other jobs, negligent engineers may be prosecuted & subject to a custodial sentence, yet free to practice on another part of the planet.
Only one teams' family & loved ones MAY have to use any compensation or 'Death in Service' benefits to pay off burdening loans to unscrupulous banks in deals brokered by people who have no respect WHATSOEVER for the one team, ultimately responsible for the safe passage of the very people who pay everyone's wages- The Customers.
That 'one team' is the Flight Deck, the Pilot's, The arseholes at the pointy end, the miserable demanding letch's, & their over inflated egos & opinions. Whatever your view of the Flight Deck team, your lives & the financial health of an airline is dependant upon their judgement, skills, experience, knowledge & integrity.
Treat them with the respect they deserve & reward them accordingly. Abuse them & take them for granted at your peril.
On a final note, well done to our Kameraden in Luftie!
