Originally Posted by
metro301
I feel bad for the senior narrowbody Fo's that I fly with. People with the same experience or even less are being hired direct into the widebody right seat holding these fellows back. Some have 6-7 years seniority. I have no sympathy for the 1-2 year guys crying about it, but the more senior ones, are a real decent lot with good skills.
Metro the WB was the cheese to attract expat FO's. I can't imagine anyone would join as an FO in the 320 no matter how much the salary would be and with zero upgrade possibilities On top of that some people in the management are quite happy with the expat solution. We don't complain,we don't call it sick or fatigue on Friday morning,we don't want vacation every year in August or during Hadj and we cost less than the locals. And these are not my words ,but the words of an ex top management guy who recently came back in line.
Not to mention that the training the local FO's are going through is a joke compared to the training of the expats .
My 2 cents