Meanwhile, Last year the DPA put forward a motion of a pay freeze to its members. The membership that voted, overwhelmingly accepted the motion, with a caveat that the agreement would be for one year.
Since then, the former GM has left the company, so there's a new Boss to negotiate with. The company are now indicating they want 2 further years of pay freeze from the DPA, to be reviewed in 2020.
Some concessions for local
Employees are expected but zero for the senior B scale pilots.
The decline in pay for the KA pilot group is around 4% compounded over 3 years. Or 5 if you take into account the 2% pay adjustments in 2015/2016.
The company continues to attract qualified , experienced pilots from mainly europe. Command progression is quick , presuming you can jump through the hoops. But theres the pitfall. The new joining pilot may be experienced , but not necessarily be a fit for the esotericism of the KA way when it comes to command.
Interesting times ahead.