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Old 8th May 2011, 03:25
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Chandler Bing
 
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Again , most of the brokers are advertising for bases that are full.

LHR base will be cancelled by october this year
CDG base will never exist
FRA base is a nightmare and flight patterns are illegal
DUS opened but already full
MXP base will start soon but ill face the same as MUC, seasonal
SYD is advertised but is full. If they put more pilots there, they will have to fly W illegal patterns as the european pilots do
MEL and YVR still opened

Now the money:
Exchange rates EURUSD or AUDUSD are through the roof, then pilots loose 20% salary at home.
Bonus scheme is an insult, as overtime is

Rosters:

Getting worse everymonth
Requests not granted
Illegal rests implemented
Domestic flights
Long patterns away from home, jetlagged.

Flying:

Recently, an A320 hardly made it out of the trees after a non precision approach, thus now special training for all, chinese and expats
Flying skills unreliable
Overall professional level is low and degrading along with motivation
Situation awareness is non existent, with a few exceptions

Still wanna join ?? , then you have been warned

Now, keep discovering !!!! Many other contracts around, not to have to suffer this BS. THY, HKG, EK, QR
Nothing new , same lies after all.
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