A few FACTS:
1-the company has been reporting profits and even paid dividends to its shareholders in the past years
2-new bases have gone from 5/4 to 5/3 apart from the Canary ones
3-salaries have gone down for those employed by FR due lower sector pay and higher Irish tax
4-salaries have gone considerably down for new BRK pilots due 10% lower figures + 3% deduction for accountants + higher Irish tax
5-Now every one pays for HOTAC and eventually rental cars to/from SIM, uniform, medical,car park, IDs, own food and water
6-NO benefit whatsoever unless you pay for it yourself (pension,LOL,healthcare etc)
7-NO willingness to base people where they would like, scientific method of not having too many of the same nationality in their home country
All of this applies to pilots who often fly to the legal yearly max ,especially Captains, making FR pilots virtually the most efficient ones in the whole industry.
Different ballgame for F/Os who often find themselves flying much less than expected therefore making much less than advertised but still having to sit around for free on STBY some 2-3 hours away from home while yet another pay to fly cadet takes their flight.
DECAY is the word that sums it all.
Some more rumors now:
apparently the German tax authorities are after HHN pilots and cabin attendants looking for unpaid taxes in Germany regardless of what MOL and his "tax experts' claim to be the right way to go.
I was told that these pilots and cabin attendant got together and are trying to fight back with the help of a lawyer, with no help nor assistance from FR/BRK.
A similar investigation is under way in Italy and Spain as well, I was told.
Not a bright picture at all.
No wonder so many are resigning as we speak and crew control are calling people to fly on days off.
Going back to the topic now, it would be useful to post here any news about these base visits so that crews in other bases know what to expect and be ready to fight back (yeah right
) or just make that last mouse click to complete that application form...