Allow me;
It's not expat v. local pilots. It's contract v. local terms.
Main difference, local terms do not contain housing allowance and children's education allowance. For F/O's local terms are the only way to upgrade.
My understanding, new hire DEC's are hired on LOCAL terms only. Kind of like a "B" scale.
Now, on to zekeigo's accusations;
"No more bonuses"- strictly a function of profits, ie. no profit, no bonus.
"No more MVC"- It was inserted post SARS for use by mgt. check with ALPA-s regarding T&C.
"Unstable housing allowances"- Read your contract, it says that the housing allowance is to be adjusted to rflect changes in market. I won't comment on the speed with which it went up/down.
"Unstable and inhuman roster"- Unstable, yes, welcome to the world of the freight dog. Inhuman (the most misused term on PPrune). Gimme a break! you have no clue!
"Position on long haul flights on(I think you mean "in") economy class seated by the toilet"- Ya gotta sit somewhere during positioning!
"; and Ground transport in a Van right after these long flights (sometimes more than 4 hours ride) At least your not by the toilet!
(Ground transport is not considered duty time!!!) Always been that way, you are NOT main fleet!
"Minimum rest in almost all stations"- Minimum rest is minimum LEGAL rest. It is not a violation of work rules(what work rules?)
"Inexistance of staff travel (ID75 is a joke)"- You don't like travel on the freighter?
"Being an instructor without being paid for it (young F/O's with as low as 500 hours seated in the right seat of a Jumbo jet)"- Part of being a Captain at SQC.
"The event with the SAS guys, regrettable
- It wasn't regrettable, it was stupid!!!
"Cost of living and taxes in Singapore are too high"- They are not too high, the compensation package is too low!
