It is very simple
If a pilot screws up in the sim you can learn something from it. In the worst case you get a second chance with another TRE.
If you or a third party screws up, reality is such that you are in BIG trouble. Even small issues can become very annoying.
In other words you really bare the consequences for your actions.
The best thing you can do is to work for an airline that has a management that has the ability to reflect on this difference with their own responsibilities and consequences.
Moaning about a bonus in an airline that has a proven record of being unable to deal with the HR factor is unrealistic.
Having said so, if EK would make an in depth analysis of the moaning pilots they would discover that there is a problem within the recruitment of their pilots as well as with their managers. Too many egocentric Brits and Aussies.
Maybe EK functions as a magnet. In other words it looks like the aforementioned individuals select each other.
Last edited by Pitch Up Authority; 15th May 2010 at 13:54.