The industry needs to scrabble its way back up to drag the lower echelon operators up to where the Thomsons the Thomas Cooks are, and until recently the Monarchs of this world were
Regulation and strong union representation are the only answers to the advantage the locos have over the decent operators. Which causes the situation whereby the locos attempt to consume all before them. Partially due the inappropriate use of cadet labour For sure Monarch are the latest big name to succumb to this effect
An added bonus would also be a fair entry mix of cadet/experienced/ex mil giving some sort of career path for a whole range of people.
With regulation and strong Unions then everything else will fall into place naturally.
The current set up, to my mind is quite obscene.
And an added point ive monitored this board for a long time now and suspect agents acting on behalf of the big schools - who appear to have an unhealthy and damaging market share or recruitment to bottom echelon jobs on the jet fleets - are in amongst the posters in here.
A closing point for consideration. After hitting the line at ezy via ctc in your mid 20s when the fatigue starts to set in and the debt is still a ling way off been paid off.... How do you see you will move on to pastures new with better conditions and terms when the "majority" of recruitment is cadet only. And your experience counts against you.
This is the reality of the situation. You have been warned.
Last edited by Three Lions; 5th Dec 2014 at 17:44.
Reason: Correcting schoolboy spelling error