We get nothing, they get nothing.
CC is not working because they are not offering enough.
But it is hurting, as is the TB.
They just don't want to admit it, they are still trying their luck with bluffing.
Do you know how much CC and crewing issues impacted the operations last year?
On the freighter only, the delays caused only by lack of crew (not technical or loading issues) amounted to the equivalent of one B748 being AoG for 3 months!
How can the TB hurt less than last year when we lost so many trainers to retirement, resignations, medical issues...
Don't fold for their bluff!
StW, recruitment not a problem? Did you miss the part from the friday letter stating the we can't find enough pilots with suitable experience?
What has changed since the negotiations last year? The 500m hkd losses (of which, 7.5b hkd were due to the fuel hedging)?
Don't tell me you (or the management) didn't know it was coming?
That loss had always been known to the other side, and yet they offered something a few months ago.
The only thing that has changed is that people like STW are now even more scared by their own shadow than last year.
Don't accept anything worse than last time.
Don't forget that if we accept a sub-par offer, we won't have any more leverage for the next 10 years.
Don't accept a productivity increase for a meager pay raise that will be eaten by inflation in 2 years.
Last edited by Zapp_Brannigan; 21st Mar 2017 at 13:18.