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Old 8th Oct 2017, 20:17
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highidle
 
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Maxrated you make some very good points.

-Business class tickets? Highly doubt it. Wasn't that one of the excuses Rossair management used when they folded?

-With regards to crew retention, it really depends how switched on the management is, and how serious they are about retaining their OGP crews. With the market as open as it is both within SA and the rest of the world, I think it's becoming harder and harder to secure crew that in many cases have already been flying for close to a decade on 19 seater turbo props.

-Stricter rotations (which is coincidentally what the clients actually request), and better remuneration is really the only way to realistically secure these large OGP contracts that the likes of Solenta have.

It's going to be an interesting few months going forward for them. The market is more open than ever. The guys still flying turboprops with ogp time are becoming few and far between. My personal opinion is if you're not being remunerated accordingly now would be the time to move on. There's plenty gigs here in the UAE and in the east. The market won't be open forever. Act now😉
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