Dear Captain,
Pls, Lets talk about true to people,
the new rule that was on course without consulting, it was
3 riyals ( less than 1usd ) per dutty hour.
The set
771 , 772, 242 starting at 4 45 and finishing at 15 26 Gives you a Dutty of 10:41
this set involves two meals, Breakfast and Lunch. for those hours we will recieve 32 SAR aprox (8usd).
1. A single meal in the airport is about 45 SAR (12 usd) so that , times 2. total of 90 sar (24usd)
so 90 SAR against 32 Sar = -58 ( red numbers)
2. there is not time to buy anything, first because in JED we have to take a Bus to the AC, then, ALE doesn't have any restaurant. then coming back to JED we have to take the bus , do migration to come back to the AC in 1 hour. so the only place that were we can have time to buy and to eat is on the AC, on the AC there is no MEAL! NAS sells SNACKS that cannot be considered a MEAL. Sandwich, wraps, nuts... those are not meals.
2. Crew Meal is on our Job Offer and that goes attached with the contract. that was broken !!!
3. I Did Like the food.
4. We are talking about a safety issue flying with hunger, it can affect the way you react, in any situation. BASICS of physiology.
5. Captain, you want to cut cost? , ok
Let's start with the training of pilots, that spend 8 month , 6 months, etc without flying because the extreme desorganization inside operations.
there is always a factor, or no instructor for the IOE, or GACA checkrides etc... , solution Put discipline over there.
We can do Idlle Descents to save fuel. ?
Or we can talk about single engine taxi, to save fuel ?
Or we can save fuel also by starting the APU just turning inbound to the gate.?
Those are measures that helps a lot to reduce cost on airlines.
Captain, we are not happy, and there is nothing more unsafe in aviation than a pilot flying upset.
