"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a sincere opportunity! Please participate, and let’s align your Cathay Pacific career with your expectations."
Seriously?
After twenty years during which every ounce of conceivable productivity, good will, and pay cuts have been squeezed from the pilot group?
"Sincerity"...really?
Eight months after every other employee received a pay raise?
Flew a split duty the other day, and the flight attendants were talking about the guaranteed day off they receive following a split duty. How nice for them.....
Everywhere we fly to on a long haul the flight attendants receive 48 hours rest, while the pilots are on minimum rest.....
Positioning in economy, following a long haul pattern, is now considered rest and relaxation for pilots.....
Degradation of staff travel benefits....no problem, they're only pilots.
I could go on and on. But suffice it to say, respect for the pilot group has been sadly nonexistent for some time now. I'll believe "sincerity" when I see a tangible change in the manner and tone of their attitude towards the pilot group.