Idealism Not!
reracked.au
Hi mate.......my apologies for getting U confused, rest assure I
hold both licenses with over 15 years of maintenance
experience "line+heavy" I hope this will clear the confusion.
mate first and formost don't go around shooting guns with no
bullets, confirm the gun is loaded and then start shooting
otherwise you will be wasting your time and be called "blank
shooter"!........mate nobody mentioned anything about U nor
meant any harm to you or to my fellow AMEs, nor I am aware
of U looking for a job, don't be too sensitive it will kill ya!
my previous post is a genral, having seen how the two groups
(pilots+AMEs)operate and huddle together, I can say from
experience that pilots are better bunch in sticking together and
standing up for their rights than AMEs and the reason for that is
that they stand their ground firmly. And I am not talking from
idealism, far away from that. Mate a person has to do what ever
it takes to get back to work that's for sure!
......all I am saying is that all of us have worked hard to get to
where we are today and have aquired great experience in doing
so and I think we should get rewarded accordingly not according
to what they find is feasible to them to pay and us accept due to
the nature of the industry, very wrong!. The bar should never be
lowered when it comes to your salary and mine due to industry
crisis, and meanwhile the guys on top are making the big $$$$$
off your back and mine "don't kid yourself". Mate let me ask U
this, do you lower your maintenance stds. because you are
getting paid less? I am sure not.!
mate... Gulf Air and other airlines in the middle east have always
tried to cut cost in this fashion by wanting to obtain western
experience with Asian salaries. Gulf Air was successful in the
past in getting guys to agree to that and they figured they will
continue to do it as long as we bite and prostitute ourselves.
If you ever get a chance to get down to that neck of the world,
have a look at the people that work for GF,EK,QR MAJORITY
Asians=cheap labor,as far as those airlines are concerned
that's just perfect for them! use and abuse the Asians for
as long as they can get away with it.
For those airlines to get me working for them they have to show
me the incentive to go down to the sandpit regardless how nice
the pit is! I don't come from a third world country nor do I provide
my serviecs for peanuts and a smile only! and nor should U! Gulf
Air and others in the region pry off people accepting their cheap
wages because they figure they offer X-pats tax free
enviornment that should be good enough incentive to work in the
sandpit! keeping in mind the region is very fimiliar with Asians
and how desperate they are in getting jobs down there and Gulf
Air and others try to apply the same formula to western X-pats.
I hope you get my point, and I am clear on things!
Look forward to hear from you mate and best of luck in job searching!
Cheers
