A mate of mine was at TCX. He wasn't a Lemming or one of those 200-hr Cadets on self-induced crappy T&C's CONtracts. He was a very experienced SFO with around 7,500 hours, 5,000+ on B757/767's operated all over the world, literally, 20 years service to give to an employer & a young family to feed.
He told me of his dismay when on a long night duty down to the Eastern Med' & back, he was flying with a Captain who was retiring from TCX before this current Summer season (2013) ends, but had taken one of the limited number of A320 Type Ratings on offer IN STRICT SENIORITY ORDER to the upper echelon of the TCX Pilots.
If that pilot reads this and it strikes a chord that you may be the person my friend flew with, I'd just like to ask how you can sleep at night? You have probably had a career with TCX going back almost 30 years to Airtours or Flying Colours, probably on top of an Armed Forces pension, which begs the question, don't you have enough money already? Isn't your pension's coffers swollen & pot overflowing already without having to grab a gift of a provision that would serve someone better who is still paying off huge training debts or building themselves a career & financial future for his or her family? If this 'Divine Right' to a career enhancing redundancy provision is limited to those who have amassed their fortunes & are in the twilight of heir careers, then who in God's name brokered THAT deal?
Your greed & "I'm alright, Jack!" attitude is odious. Probably as odious as the air in your flight deck. I hope you enjoy your retirement, happy in the knowledge that you & your kind & your common greed has
everything up for the rest of us.
Now up your ladder you go. Just don't forget to pull it up after you.