Frogman, The statement "grow a pair" was generic one and not directed at you but rather the general aircrew populus. With my loose grammar I can see that it could be seen otherwise and I apologise to you for the misunderstanding. As such you may also assume that I had not prejudged you in the admission of ASR-F's.
It has been sometime since I cast my eye over the master roster so give me some time and I shall respond ref the said flight.
Finally, you will find my name at the bottom right hand corner of a very large number of yellow forms, not to mention hard copy and online submissions of ASR's and CHIRPS. As to your suggestion reference direct contact, RH (not the DFO) and BP are on my contact list and I converse with them on a somewhat regular and first name basis ..... and my pair are quite large enough thank you !
With apologies and regards,
FW
Jed,
The AOA, of which I am a long standing paid member, make a lot of assertions of which not all are iron clad nor hold weight in a court of law.
In this case you may go to crew direct/ conditions of service/ and look at the COS for CX Australia. The document is a meger 35 pages in total and contains Sections 1-43, Schedules 1 and 2, Appendices 1 and 2. Note that, were you to accept an Australian based position, then you would sign a contract agreeing to be employed under Australian Conditions of Service 2008 but subject to the laws of ___________ maybe in a fight Hong Kong, are we really sure ? (or at least it used to state subject to HKG law. Interestingly the EUR guys are finding just the same ie told subject to EUR law and finding that doesn't always hold water )
Now I am not the sharpest knife in the block but I can tell you emphatically, having read the COS front to back/ upside down and in reverse in an effort to garner different interpretations that the company could use ....there is no mention of AFTL's in the document.
Believe who ever you want.
Last edited by fire wall; 25th November 2011 at 09:25.