OX terminated the Western Crews in April because they wouldn't take a pay cut like the classic crews did. The 744 crews offered to take time off without pay instead of the pay cut. Now begging then to come back to fly Umrah. They did keep the thai pilots that were hired after the Western Guys that were on "permanent contracts"
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Flying was fun. 99% of crews were great.
Their scheduler will tell you that those aircraft tires are good to go from her desk that is 10km from the airport. She was a peach......not!