Thank You
Dear Be Careful,
Thank you for the advice, but invoking the rule of law and recourse to the Courts does not appear to work in this case.
Former employees who have done so have spent money on lawyers, have obtained judgments from the Court and still not collected in more than a year's time, as reported in this thread, formerly "Prestige Jet Chairman Hamed Bin Hamed Tops List of Aviation Deadbeats".
Existing employees who have availed themselves of their rights in the Labour Ministry and/or the Courts have been persecuted and charged with criminal offenses and forced to leave or to remain outside the country in order to avoid jail - as reported in this thread, formerly under the heading "Prestige Jet: Do Your Job, Go to Jail". Despite these alleged legal protections, which may exist on paper but are overriden by "wasta" in UAE, employees are successfully kept out of the local and regional labour market.
The company gets away with lots of things, despite the legal protections you cite, and also with respect to GCAA regulations. So it is not so simple.
In the end, it is a very personal decision how to proceed when one finds oneself in such a situation, influenced by many factors, discussed in this thread under the former heading "Prestige Jet - Exodus Begins", including the fact that being in a financial bind and having one's family present impinge upon one's options and nimble flexibility. It is a roller coaster ride which is terribly unpleasant and it is difficult to decide when to jump. Most employees do hope that the company will make good, rather than having to endure further hardship, expenses and dislocation.
While I appreciate and hope that your advice is well-intentioned, it is easy to toss in potshots from far away, calling people like me unprofessional and illiterate and attempting to incite us to behave in certain manner when it is our lives, careers and family which are at stake. If it were as easy as you describe, we all would have done it by now. But it is not; this is not Australia, European Union, Canada or USA where one can count upon the rule of law and legal protections for the labour force and the individual.
Certainly, the best advice to others reading PPRuNe is to never become involved in such a situation and to stay away from companies such as Prestige Jet. But for those of us already caught up in this nightmare, things are not as simple as stating "There are laws." At least, not here.
In the meantime, one thing we can do is to keep this thread active and alive on Page One of PPRuNe, in the hope that it has a chilling effect upon potential recruits and therefore exerts enough pressure upon the company to change its behaviour. We know that it does have its effect, as the occasional outbursts by management attest. Everybody's assistance with this is greatly appreciated - thank you.