Right on the money , Brekkyburrito. They are pursuing a strategy of "Make a business from Dreamers"....those who pay get to play.
The Management risk however are the gates they cannot control. They have already tried to put Check Captains on contracts....CASA apparently won't allow it as CCs must be full time employees of the AOC Holder.
But then again, Training captains are voluntary positions and they are paid less than CCs...perhaps they could be forced onto contracts (except for the EBA provisions for training captains). No Training Captains willing to train contractors= No Contract Pilots.
Our greatest hope (and biggest risk) in all this lies with the Training and Checking Department.
Last edited by Roller Merlin; 16th May 2011 at 04:24.