Latest rumor is that many from all ranks and fleets are about to leave or screening with other operators.
THY poor attitude towards expat, questionable professional environment, widespread unmotivated arrogance, salaries falling far from international standards due the unstoppable sinking of currency, fraudulent recruitment practices and discrimination towards expat FOs, slavery style rosters on narrow body with no commuting options, vexatious procedure for sick leave ( a clear violation of human rights), risible leave allocation, total lack of benefits or even of any cooperation on non professional related , logistical and personal issues, in concert with the massive demand for experienced captains and FOs from more reliable. transparent and progressive operators, now even in Europe, are to be mentioned among the causes
Their goal is anyway now clear. Exploit expat to their advantage in order to gain time to prepare for full Turkizations in the shortest term possible.Your permanent contract is toilet paper. Add to this grim picture the political turmoil that is revealing the real nature of the now evidently corrupt Islamofascist government of which THY is expression and the future instability and you have a clear picture of the reasons not to consider Turk Hava Yollary as your employer ( or airlines of choice) if you were just thinking about it...
Type IV that is true but the difference is that probably only 30% of THY local pilot would pass a screening with another operator. They have no choice.
There are no Turkish FO or Captain without degree in THY beside the air force CRM experts. They bypassed this requirement to fill seat and did not tell candidates and agencies about its existence just to bring it up afterward conveniently to screw them.
They are continuously bending the rules at their advantage. Many are about to show them the finger.