If an airlines response to an undersupply of pilots to a subcontractor is to place a secret unwritten ban on employing pilots from that subcontractor to fill positions in the parent airline, they have obviously not even started to get the picture. They cant see that the reason for the under supply in the first place is their choice to screw pilots down under a contract company. It's idiotic!
The only way to combat the staunch resistance to change is to stand firm and to gain perspective on your own worth. Pilots are pure and simply a profit centre, we make for our employers many times our own salary, year in, year out. They need us as much as we need them, the only difference is they have entire departments devoted to convincing you otherwise.
Slow down, think the deal through, find the loopholes and traps, then apply your value to that deal and you'll have your answer.
Merry Christmas all, may we be having a very different discussion in a years time!
