Hmmm....
It seems Tom and Smoothie need to wait six years down the road and see that they have taken a 6.5% pay cut in that time....
Or be on long term sick mandated by a Dr ...and seek permission to go to their home country to be with loved ones ....only to be denied ..
Or have their body decide that it's sick leading up to leave and realise that its punitive as against any other time of the year...
Or have tea & biccies after an unstable approach having gone into discretion only to realise that the 6o minute prior push back start of duty was actually when the skipper was doing the walk around ...
Or have a change in their staff travel Bennies to,the worse ...whereby your ALT does not cover the original city that you joined from because it's not on the EK network...
Or sit and listen to the in flight podcast where the 'The main man from Ek says "every flight ops crew to a man or woman is only delighted to be here'
Or watch our CC crawl into HQ sick and distraught when they should be in bed ..in order not to be disciplined...
Or have a manager at the slightest whim decide you need a CDT test ...
Or sit and wait patiently with a perfect record for eight years on the 330 then 380 for your command as the guy moves into a villa next to you who is 32 and never flown outside an LCC in the EU..and he strolls out to his car everyday with his "Golden 4 bars""
Or watch that same guys 1 & 2 year old screaming kids settle into their bizzo seats on their 1st annual ALT as you and your loyal gang jump into ten abreast for the 15 hr slog to the connection that used to be paid for that no longer is...
Or be under the constant week in week out receiving end of emails who's delivery is the polar opposite of what you will need in soft skills to pass the your upgrade interview .
Or go to a wash up as a four year FO and ask about DEC plans only to be told ..."not going to happen " ..then comes home, turn on his iPad amd sees the ad!
Or....oh never mind...
see you kiddies in Rock Bottom ... " dude She's hot ...EK is awesome!"
; >
f.