Originally Posted by
ikon757
"onesixty2four:Anyone who touches this must be mentally deficient, desperate and untouched by any other halfway decent airline."
Each place has its shortcomings and no place is perfect.If you think by accepting the terms and conditions one is selling oneself,then everyone has to fly only for BA /lufthansa.
South east asia has its minus points in terms of airline employment but on the other hand would you prefer to fly in Riyadh and have the airline take care of all costs?
These are individual decisions people make based on their lifestyle and requirements.
Sure Vietjet pays for all screening costs and then the circus starts after employment.
So I presume you made the statement about mental deficiency without any facts.
Cause I have seen FAR EAST/middle east and south east.
Nothing is what it seems and some give here ,some take there...in the end there are legendary carriers who still respect the profession like Qantas/BA/Lufthansa and then the rest, you are just a Glorified bus driver.
Times are changing and we need to understand that.
If you feel so strongly about it,why are you not getting into management or at least forcing airline managements worldwide to stop charging POOR Mr.FO to pay for their training?
Criticism and action are two different things
I am currently in SE Asia, and have been in East Asia prior to that for a total of 10 years now. So......perhaps I do know what I'm talking about. And guess what? I haven't had to pay for a damn thing since my MEIR over 25 years ago. Even when I recently changed types. The company in that case wanted me to self sponsor - I said no thanks. A week later they got in touch to say they'd fund it all.
As I have said before, have some respect for yourself and your license.
"Times are changing and we need to understand that". The usual copout from someone who knows his/her selfish actions are undermining the hard work of others in a desperate attempt to get ahead of their experience/skills level.
BTW, I do feel strongly about it because I can see in another decade or so this sort of behaviour will lead to pilots working max hours for very little pay and I feel sorry for the true professionals who are honestly trying to make their way through without getting an a33reaming. But I'll be out of it by then as I am making good money on a realistic schedule and have plenty stashed away because the generation before me wasn't as narcissistic and self centred as the current "command by 30 at all costs" brigade. Good luck with that.