Reporting culture in emirates
I'm not sure if this has been done before or not. If so, here it is again, and still relevant given events of the last few weeks.
A number of pursers have been reported by junior crew lately. Arguably, the most note-worthy is the case of a purser who allowed a rest break in excess of the maximum required. On a ULR flight (up to 16hrs flight time) the max is 3:30. It was a light load and the purser allowed 4:30.
The crew accepted the extra time, gratefully. When the trip was complete back in Dubai and they were safely away, one of the crew (having accepted the longer break) then wrote an email to her own manager (CCM) and reported the events.
This led to the purser being demoted to SFS with consequent loss of purser basic salary (which leads to less profit share if there is ever another share), less living-out allowance, lower rate for flight hours, and the black mark in the file. If it is a Final Warning, there is no share at all for this purser for two years.
Some of these pursers are trying to make a career out of the job and live outside of company accomodation with a spouse and children. Being screwed over by a GR2 has a massive impact on the lifestyle of the entire family of the purser.
There is little to be done about this mindset. Some Captains tell their crew there is to be no reporting of fellow crew on his aircraft. This makes some crew squirm at the time however it won't stop them squealing once they get home.
I do not understand why some crew think this is a perfectly acceptable form of behaviour.
Somehow the crew have been indoctrinated to believe this is just fine. I thought it was not as common these days but obviously the back-stabbing is alive and well. In this case, the crew was a GR2 with a few months time in the company.
From where do brand new crew get this habit in emirates?