ALPA-S, wake up lah.
The well-publicised news of SIA upper management taking unprecendented pay cuts and the daily remarks from the powers that be can be recognised as psy ops or "softening the ground" ahead of something big. This is in addition to the PM's claim: "the Government would not intervene if negotiations reached a stalemate". Perhaps what he really means is: "Resolve your pathetic little problem NOW, ALPA-S, or don't come running to the us after SIA / the courts really screw you over".
As much as I would like to side with them, in these times of mounting losses, ALPA-S' call to sack all SIA (Mauritius) pilots makes sense ONLY IF ALL OF THEM earn more than ANY local.
Those of us with any semblance of logic will know this simply cannot be true.
To borrow a favourite phrase of ALPA-S they use when they criticise illogical management action: "why burn down the house because of one rat?"...
I ask, who is burning down the house now?
SIA (Mauritius) ie the "London-based" pilots that ALPA-S wants SIA to dump, work harder AND cost less AND are less troublesome (no union) than quite a few local pilots.
In other words, ALPA-S does not have a logical leg to stand on, to say nothing of a legal or even moral leg. Their position is therefore completely untenable.
Just one question: does the President of ALPA-S earn less than every SIA (Mauritius) pilot? As long as he earns more than even ONE London-based pilot then he is not morally fit to champion this cause of ALPA-S.
It is very clear that ALPA-S have a hidden agenda, that they are simply fearful of such independant pilots whom they cannot control or "influence" to fall in line with their causes. Their solution is therefore to get all these unbelievers sacked.
I say again, who is burning down the house now?
This selfish attitude of ALPA-S will get us ALL sacked and re-employed on new terms.
ALPA-S you have painted yourself as childish, petulant and selfish.
Imagine the following scenario: all SIA pilots, local and expat, given 3 months notice to quit. At the same time, offered re-employment on new terms by a non-subsidiary of SIA.
Since the Constitution of ALPA-S only allows SIA / subsidiary pilots to have voting membership, this would mean that the same pilots would lose their voting rights, supposing in the off chance that they even want to remain in ALPA-S.
So, in one elegant move, save money on salaries AND stuff up the ALPA-S. How convenient. Of course, there would be a new pro-establishment union, which in turn is a member of the NTUC.
Fantasy? Wait and see...