Fellow
This is not true. I actually fly at TAM. Of course there are a lot of problems in the airline (if you research here in pprune, all airlines have problens, and they are almost the same).
In fact the bypass rumor is just a rumor. There is no "outside" aviator on GS for 67 or 30. In fact the aviation market in Brazil is expanding, so, there are a lot of opportunities. On friday, dollar was R$1,6. An A320 FO, with layovers make almost U$$7000 (free) plus vacation, FGTS, 13, and PPR (.65 ). What airline pays this for FO?
One of the major problen is that we have just one base, São Paulo. We have pilots that lives in Belem, Salvador, Recife, Palegre, etc. For those guys, in fact, the schedule is a piece of ****, but life is made of choices.
Best regards