Did I fall asleep? Have I just been sleeping? What has just happened at Air NZ? Are Freedom pilots now on the bottom of their (ANZ's) seniority list?
Nice bit of protection for the ANZ boys in case of redundancies? Oh and any further expansion of Freedom is effectively stopped, because now ANZ guys have first crack at any new jobs. That's what you calll a win win situation.
Except the Freedom pilots won't be so happy. Gone are their promotional prospects. Which is why their FO's endure forking over the cash for a type rating and “the lowest B737 salary in the western world� (sorry if the quote is not quite verbatim). So again the folks that get screwed are the guys at the bottom of the coal face, trying to get a leg up.
And what of the statement that Freedom will be the recruiting ground for ANZ “The Press, Sat 12th July�? Will all new recruits be expected to pay for an A320 rating? Now that's what I call cutting costs!!!!
What a can of worms!
