Thanks ,Byjingo,for replying
and I hope the conditions will improve quickly for you and your colleagues......

To add to the state of affairs within Air Mauritius; there are some pilots on the ATR and Helicopter fleets that are within a month or so of their end of contract and MK are unable/unwilling to tell them if they have been given a new contract or not.

The state of affairs in MK is indicative of an amateurish management team running the company.

VS1g

Nothing will ever change there as they have such a mis-guided thought process and think they are the best.
It's a very sad situation.

I've read that 2/3 of the pilots at MK are expats. I was wondering if any of those expats, especially those with years of service, had become chief pilot? Is there such a thing called ‘seniority’ at MK?

Isn’t there at least one chief pilot of even a director of ops among that management board? Someone that could standup for the entire flying crew of MK?

Byjingo,
I fully agree with you and I don't agree with Dessas.
To quote a paragraph from Dessas's in a previous post on this topic-

Quote"mauritians

I do not agree about the local guys.
Most of the young ones are keen and motivated. Of course there are a few black sheep but generally I enjoy flying with the locals more!
As I said before one cannot expect the locals to grow out of their skin... Mauritius is a place with a very young nation (like 300 years only) and as a melting pot it is strange to a lot of guys from afar!
But take your time look around and have fun!" Unquote

So you enjoy flying with the locals more-now we know where we stand with you on these issues.

Turn the lights out when you're the last to leave the island, Dessas. I'm sure there are a few expats looking forward to doing their next flight with you!

Is Air Mauritius Dying?
 

Mk management continues its general deceiving task: after lying to their pilots about salaries for 1O months, they now announce that there won't be any fleet renewal....What is the next step?
Close the doors due to those bad expat guys who are going away everyday?
Staying with this company is now a human dignity issue.
Do they know what RESPECT means?:mad:

fleet renewal
 

So is L'Express accurate in reporting that MK will be leasing until the introduction of the A350 and 787?

Bwahahaha, yes then it will be delaying until the next supersonic transporter comes along. Rumours are everything will stay the same until the election, which is apparently a big issue in MRU.
Shame that its so political down there, Im sure if they brought in a few decent management with integrity, MK would thrive. Not to mention there would be less resignation and happier crew.

Dessas-

JVJ
And this guy was visited by the Scorpions before his departure from SAA. I wonder if that is requirment to work for MK, to be visited by fraud squad.

Can you believe this?-quote
"The new EVP for Customer Services is Johan van Jaarsveld will be responsible for Customer Service, Flight Operations and Cabin Services, Global Passenger Services/Operations Control Centre. Van Jaarsveld is one of SAA?s seasoned entrepreneurs with extensive commercial and operational knowledge of the airline business. He is also one of SAA?s current key negotiators. Van Jaarsveld has excellent leadership qualities."unquote

http://ww1.flysaa.com/about_saa/medi....1_A&_DAV=1580

Excellent leadership qualities???

This has been tried before, a French guy, might have been from Air France, came in above the useless DFO to sort out all the problems.
As soon as he started to ruffle a few feathers they sacked him.
I'm sure the same thing will happen this time.
At least some good news this week, MK lost the court case with the sacked ATR captain.
The ATR Cheif Pilot should be sacked, he's way out of his depth.

G Jetson,
I believe this Frenchman is now working at Snecma/CFM, where MK have to get there engine repairs or exchanges from. I'm sure he just loves it when he bills MK for a new engine or the necessary spares.

BTW, this ATR Captain you speak of-Is this the Madagascan Captain or the Aussie one? They both deserve a to win!

DESSAS

Unfortunately, Im not up to date about this new guy, only what my old friends tell me. I have heard similar things about this guy. However, I heard a lot about the ex french guy who was appointed to make operations more efficient. He wanted to make changes but management wasnt too keen on his ideas.
Anyway its nice to hear this ATR captain ended up winning, after all MK made it difficult for him to lose. Im sure those who were there during that period are well aware of what im talking about. The whole firing, re-hiring, promoting.
MK set the precedent a long time ago, if we went into that, it would be an entirely new thread.

WAWN
It was the Madagascan Captain, a really nice guy and a great result.
Of course the Mauritian f/o that was found to be lying will probably be promoted.

WELL DONE

JUSTICE FOR ALL AND MORE TO COME....................

Byjingo,
Again you are right, and I agree about that ATR Captain being very nice chap. The f/o is probably going to be the DFO as a result his lying ability. Another requirement to be in that management I suppose!

The Saviour -

Sorry, I'm confused. You said -

"after all MK made it difficult for him to lose."

So management helped him win then?

And what was the charge?

Hold on Guys,
Wasn't it the South African ATR Captain that had the lying first officer (who now flies the A319)?

The Madagascan ATR Captain had a simlar problem (99-2000) and this was his court case that Mk lost, not so?

The Aussie chap is a third and different case completely.

Yes there were two cases, both of which the f/o's were caught out.
The SA Captain and the f/o were both sacked, later the f/o was re-instated then promoted to 319, he's friends with the DFO.
The Madagascan Captain was sacked and again the f/o promoted to jet.
The Aussie guy was shafted in the sim by the CP, and sacked.
This company's a real eye opener.

KTJ

Sorry about the confusion, that particular F/O was promoted. I was making a point about that other incident but after reading it, I see where the confusion is.
G Jetson cleared it all up.
Onto more current things, what's the latest with negotiations and so on down there? All seems to have quieten down...

What negotiations ?