Skullduggery in the utopian world of DeeJay Flight ops
Seems that chicanery, intimidation, bullying and nepotism are all in a days work in utopia.
Word on the street is that management pilots at a certain domestic carrier based in BNE are being TOLD their office time is exempt from the provisions of the FRMS which only applies if one is strapped into an aluminium tube. Which raises a number of interesting questions:
1. Are the HOFO and his sycophants so naive they actually believe this is not a compliance breach? or is it acceptable to do 9 days straight, then have your roster doctored to reflect a day off that never was? Or an requirement in your EBA of being on call 24/7? or an expectation that you WILL travel in your own time? at the very least, I would have thought section 28 and all that duty of care and fit and proper person stuff might be relevant.
2. Given the regulator recently grounded an operator over (amongst other things) serious concerns about insufficient resources, the question goes begging whether selective regulation comes into play? Allegedly these and other issues have been brought to the regulator's attention, yet a recent audit failed to find evidence of any wrong doing. Evidently what's good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander.
Then of course there's the issue that should one have the temerity to voice one's objection, one can expect to be harassed and bullied or if that fails out-rightly intimidated, all sanctioned by senior management.
Thought that autocratic management style went out in the 90's