How About a Checking Ban
It's not unknown that they are short in all these areas and now, the recently throned GMF (and i'm sure his minions (CPT & MTD&S), are just wringing their hands at this opportunity to cut costs...... DFO will be giddy with satisfaction and all concerned will be sure to collect their CX Get Out of Jail Free cards once this is done.
GMF (and I'm sure MTD&S) are now in talks with CAD to get this done.
Seems that recently, long standing STC's have retired (65+) and were just to bored [sic] with home life, they signed up with the simulator department as instructors. Now, regarding paragraph 1, they are going to "re-qualify" as STC's and do checking in the simulators at a cost of way way way less than the previous "Cheap Check" qualification (TCC). Win, win, win - bonuses will be much fatter...
Can you see the downside, the losers in this move?
The retired STC's, having had a very full and long rewarding career, retiring (usually as A scalers) with the fattest pension payout available. They got theirs yes...
That said, for each one retired STC's that chooses (this is not mandatory) to do this, they are displacing (blocking) 1 for 1, a younger B/C scale TC - from a promotion to STC, with still many more earning years ahead for him/her and their family. Give this some thought - is this what you believe our retired colleagues should be doing ? Will the "bypassed" TC's get bypass pay?
You will know who they are, give them a call and get their thoughts on this matter.
Did you know that some animals eat their children ?