Maybe we should ask the Air France guys how they managed to keep their T and C and ask ourself and the one around for 50 years how we managed to get to this point.
I remember my father speaking of a general contract for pilots in the 80s, and it all still makes sense, and there is nothing so USSR in it. Who says it is, it is probably one around for a long time and now enjoying the fruit of being needed at short notice for this or that contract, for those silly startup operations in dunnonda or whatever.
Lets try to analyze the industry on a longer term prosperity fashion.
I only simply say : lawyers, bankers and factory workers have a general contract with minimum wages because part of a category, so since we also have a common license and common skills we sell, we should all get the same basic minimum wage, that grows with experience on a recognized level such as Hours, Training Roles, Managements Roles.
Easy to discard it just cause it's hard to achieve.
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