Hi All,
there has been a lot of garbage written on here and the occasional shooting from the hip. Skytrans is not shutting down as one poster wrote.
The most important thing to consider now is that many good people will be out of a job very soon!
Please be considerate and not put fingers to keypad too hastily without considering that real people may be affected by what you write.
It is also obvious that there are a few former employees still holding a long grudge. CacktusJack; it's been a while. Time to let it go mate. Also, the GM of engineering going is certainly not the 'wheels falling off'! You are probably right in thinking that he and the COO didn't just 'decide' to leave. Half a Mil is probably on the money.
FlyBear; I think you already know that the place has changed from when you occupied a chair. I can see from your posts that you understand that to a decent degree. The 'pathological style' you refer to, well, not so sure that it really existed but it isn't in existence now! A lot can change in two and a half years Cam.
Flight Ops is very well run these days (and getting better!) and Engineering has a massive opportunity to turn a new leaf. Great guys (& gal) working the tools. The company has recognised that the resource sector in Australia is/has contracted and there are only distant signs of that reversing. Skytrans is obviously quite exposed to that area of the economy. What are they realistically to do about this. 10 FOs and 10 FAs will hurt (them and their family and friends) but realistically the cleaver could have cut deeper. The greatest hurt will be if there are not enough voluntary redundancy takers. What's more is that apparently there will be some other people cuts in other departments. (At least flight ops crews know what's coming their way). Lets be mindful of these fellow aviation comrades.
The Distant Future, you crack me up. Well researched mate
haha
Bort.