Sea Eggs
Unless they make it to general manager level the bucks aren't that big. Sure all the FOP 3rd floor guys will receive a nice little cheque ( off the books ) this Xmas and the GM's will get at least HKD1m each but for that they go to work everyday ( not weekends of course ) knowing that they have lost the respect of every fellow pilot in the company and beyond. Some will aspire to this pushed on by their ambitious spouses and from my experience most prefer the office to the flight deck where their performances rarely meet the now defunct "cathay standard". The office is the perfect refuge where they can arrange their check flights to be done by a fellow manager to ensure they pass.
The solution for CX for a future is to bring in professional management at the highest level and to appoint FOP managers who will protect the aircrew and the section. What we have now are Swire accountants/managers at senior level placed in CX for a few years and FOP managers who have zero man management skills or training and answer to upstairs rather than defend ( in an operational sense, not industrial ) the pilots on the flight deck.
Time to Win should really read Time to Change .............the whole bloody lot of them.
Last edited by checklistcomplete; 20th Dec 2017 at 02:23.
Reason: spelling error