Couple of points
1) the bases have the 13th month incorporated in their salaries. If the company is not going to claw back that amount, then they are in fact discriminating against HK based pilots. I expect the AOA to deal with this discrepancy through the courts.
2) the13th month equates to roughly 15% of my annual pay. If they don't pay it, then they have effectively 'stolen' 15% of my income from myself and my family. As a result, I will make sure that I 'recoup' this through approximately 15% extra time off over the year......funny old thing, that equates to about a month!
3) as someone else said on this forum: 'if they pretend to pay me, I will pretend to work'.
Last edited by Trafalgar; 29th November 2012 at 07:53.