Like spamcandriver said:
Have heard people say this ever few months for the last 2 years
Actually it's been longer, just want to mension that last year rumors said that 45 pilots were leaving, actually only 15-20, but still. Then same week came the rumor about a payraise, and it was confirmed later, after only half left and the rest where tricked into staying, that the great AJ at the time started the rumor about a raise.
Is this time any different, aren't they just tricking us into thinking that now something will happen, so some will stay and wait til june/july to find out that nothing will change?
How many times haven't we heard that we've seen the letter approved and then cancelled in the last minutte?
I beleive these are all tricks in making others beleive a lie. Use your judgement.
Also just wanted to add that any time the rumor about a raise starts in QR, it's always for a raise in april. Why will it come in June/July? Well let's say people wait til August to leave, this means that during the 2 busiest months of the year, where all the flights are fullybooked, the airline didn't lose pilots as fast, AKA no aircraft on ground and no cancelled flights. Still more people are leaving than they are actually comming, some someday it will happen.
Question is, when will the aircraft stay on ground due to lack of crew???