Yes if we all accept half of what we requested, how can we expect things to get better? If you're happy with that then why would EY change anything?
Simply, this roster system is very good, it's just that CC and SG are too incompetent and don't know how to use it? If CC spent as much time on the rostering and Request system as he does sucking back cigarettes
, no doubt things would be better.
I have friends who are working under this system and they get everything they request and it's well balanced. That said, they are working for a proper international airline who value their employees and not the kind who work their roster system to the limits set in the regulations. When will EY understand limits are not standards to build a roster eg only giving us 7 days off max, because that's what written in the document. Then of course calling you on days off to fly. Scary thing is these clowns have worked in other airlines before, so they should have some idea. Have a look at the other major carriers around who's pilots are flying 75-80hrs a month and still manage to get 12 days off, if not more, and sometimes 7-10 in a row. All these pilots are still doing close to 900hrs a year.
But in the end let's face it, it's Dicky Hill who is to blame. We are short of crew and it doesn't matter what million dollar program you are running, you simply cannot make a roster work without crew. Im sure everyone who reads this has been called on a day off to work and if you do go in then you are just building Dicky's bonus, it's all up to you, because if you think the company is gonna look after you, dream on…
