We're all on the same side !
I always find it refreshing to find a company with worse problems than my own. Even though their pilots get paid on time, more often than us.
Hey Pete,
What you're suggesting is that it's ok to be screwed over and sworn at by senior management as long as your company is involved with a cadett program from a major airline ??
Moving on, I understand that one of the Solenta guys that was retrenched took the company to the CCMA who found in favour of the pilot , as the retrenchment process was so severly flawed in terms of the SA labour law.
Solenta had to give him his job back and he negotiated an even better package and structure for himself than what he was retrenched with.
There is justice in the world after all !!
Regarding the SAAF / Civvie pilot "debate", I have flown with Ex SAAF and civvie pilots who were equally as inept as each other, conversely some of the greatest guys I fly with are both Civvie and SAAF trained.
A person can be an idiot or a really great chap, irrespective of where he started his flying career.
Just a few thoughts, take it leave it................