Here we go again...........same whinge from the disgruntled masses who feel like they should get $500K a year to work three months a year flying an automated jet!
Some reality -
- The airlines are happy with the arrangements
- The cadets or trainees are obviously happy with the arrangements, let them worry about the training costs and bonds in any case.
- The regulators on both sides of the tasman are happy with the arrangements
-Passengers really could not care about who is up front or what they get paid as long as they get a cheap fare when they want it.
- It's totally legal and it will continue to happen
- It's called running a business and surviving competition
- It has not been proven to be such a high risk that it has stopped and despite your juvenile claims that "all management are penny pinchers" airlines do employ some pretty clever risk managers and human factors analysts to make these decisions when they place the lives of a few hundred people at risk. It's not all based on money guys - the flying game has changed, you just dont want to hear it!