It's been a while since i bothered to read what all the 'experts' not currently employed by CX have to say about this topic. You are what you write. I don't blame guys for wanting to get ahead..we've all been there. I've seen people offer to fly for nothing. My question is what do you expect after 20 plus years of hard work,re-location,family upheaval,and expense? Do you aspire to be a 45 year old Captain with 20 years service,2 kids and a mortgage....fired on a whim?Would you like to accept a position,get settled,do a great job and then have 8 years+ of constant sign or **** off drastic changes to the original offer? Anyone who thinks the airline is bleeding obviously doesn't work there. Who else in the world is even capable of nearly 1 BILLION USD net profit with 65 aircraft? This is purely an accounting exercise with loyalty and long service and going the extra mile counting for zero on the balance sheet. The guys involved in this fiasco have watched it unravel over at least a decade and have finally decided to protect their interests. If you believe the aviation world is just hopping from one contract to a lesser one then by all means join up. Give it a few years and you'll be in exactly the same pos. as the guys are now...vote with your feet? how many times do we have to keep running? The pilots have taken the 30% pay cuts,2 weeks less leave,we have only a 900 hour flying limit and 60 hour(continuous!) duty limit to work to. 3 weeks reserve a month...i think long haul people are entitled to a roster.....not turn up for a 3 hour turn around and be sent to los angeles..or pulled from a sim for a long haul. There are guys flying london-hongkong-frankfurt-hongkong-london in 5 days!!!!Most of the changes are in place. The fight is about a roster,and contract that means just that...a contract...two people sign and it remains inviolate until renegotiated...is that asking too much?
Last edited by Jetdriver; 1st August 2002 at 01:53.