Dear Aviation Trainer,
It makes me sad, the way you speak of Transavia.
On what grounds do you state that :
It is time you learn what work is HV man. The reason Buzz and HV were not merged was because the inflexibility of HV... Buzz was sold of and will now be closed because they were deemed to be unprofitable in the future.. Go figure what the status of HV will be.
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First of all, at Transavia they KNOW what work is. I don't know who you work for, but I doubt that you fly 737 3-pilot ops into TLV through the night, and at the same time you can be planned for a long flight (say a Canaries round trip) the next day! People are known to have FLOWN 50 hrs in a 4 day period! This is what the summer schedule looks like... It is NOT the fault of Transavia pilots that it is more quiet in wintertime. So don't start judging when you clearly do not know what you are talking about.
Second of all, it is very nice you can so easily point out the reason why Buzz and HV were not merged. Do you really believe it is the reason? You GOT to be kidding! Not even KLM knows what they should do at the moment, at least that is what the people in The Netherlands think...
HV is actually very flexible, even maybe a bit too flexible, why do you think that they make a lot of money on "ad-hoc" business?
That gets me to my last point: You insinuate that HV will be unprofitable in the future. If you are correct, than you have the great Gift of foresight! How do you reach this conclusion? HV has been profitable for what, 28 years IN A ROW??? Tell me, where does the comparison with Buzzzz start?
Personally, I think you are being a bit negative towards HV. I don't know the reason for it, but you are not being objective here. Think about it.
As for the strike-part. Since you are so well informed (apparently) about VNV matters, tell me, when was the last time HV pilots went on strike (as you make a comparison with AF).
Don't you think that not having a Collective Labour Agreement for more than a year justifies a strike?
Give it some thought.
Regards.
(typo's)