Why, if it is true what is told on here that RYR are short of captains across the network, does RYR insist that you can not have a command at a base of your choice, but have to move. (if it is true) This will disrupt family life if you are unabale to move the whole clan, inflict reduced real rest/recovery time at home, and thus impose social stresses which will be carried to work. There will also be financial penalties incurred. Not a good recipe to sustain a career with a company.
In the NTSB report into the Dash 8 crash of the commuter in USA the FAA concluded that the employer had a duty of consideration as to how the roster and general work practices impacted on the social/work balance of their crews. It was a saftey issue. Surely, imposing a move away from home, unnecessarily, so as to be upgraded, does not follow this guideline and is not best practice. If you refuse the command there are financial penalties; if you accept there will likely be less financial penalties, but sever social ones. This is hardly good for moral and certainly does not follow the CRM guidelines that are thrust down our throats every year. When will airline management apply CRM principles to their attitudes towards crews and stop treating us as 'cost units', 'pieces on a chess board' that are moved around with FTL limits, and recipients of 'mushroom mangement' techniques. It is galling to attend regular refresher days telling us how to behave towards one another and act like a team, then for management to behave 180 degrees opposite. It is a disgraceful indictment of 21st century industrial relations that this is the case. LoCo operations and success does not mean lowlevel respect. Indeed high level repsect and appreciation will likely improve profitability of Loco low fat operations. Will the blind not see?