Exodus from Skippers (Merged)
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For obvious reasons I am not able to comment directly on the source of this information.
There are crew who have recently been given a start date and they will be on the old AWA because they have opted to sign it (it is Skippers after all) and the AWA will be changed after that for new hires. The new AWA will be a little more realistic, but not finalised! So no exact details at this point.
Skippers are on a very regular basis x-hiring DH8's and Emb-120's from Network, Maroomba, NJS and the odd F50 from XR due to the crew shortage! Thursday morning we had 4 x-hires! Lake Johnston is almost totally served by x-hires from NJS and Maroomba.
There are plenty of cadet's in the system, but due to experience they are unable to make the step to command. There is not a flow of experienced drivers to take that step. The current AWA is keeping most away. Nor is it retaining experienced staff.
Company morale is through the floor with plenty of bitching, moaning, whinging and just general complaining. Constant daydreaming of better things! Just look at the last skippers ball, barely anybody went!
JTpilot I hope this answers your comment!
There are crew who have recently been given a start date and they will be on the old AWA because they have opted to sign it (it is Skippers after all) and the AWA will be changed after that for new hires. The new AWA will be a little more realistic, but not finalised! So no exact details at this point.
Skippers are on a very regular basis x-hiring DH8's and Emb-120's from Network, Maroomba, NJS and the odd F50 from XR due to the crew shortage! Thursday morning we had 4 x-hires! Lake Johnston is almost totally served by x-hires from NJS and Maroomba.
There are plenty of cadet's in the system, but due to experience they are unable to make the step to command. There is not a flow of experienced drivers to take that step. The current AWA is keeping most away. Nor is it retaining experienced staff.
Company morale is through the floor with plenty of bitching, moaning, whinging and just general complaining. Constant daydreaming of better things! Just look at the last skippers ball, barely anybody went!
JTpilot I hope this answers your comment!
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You guys are so funny....just go to the Emirates forum...or Cathay...or anywhere else for that matter and you tell me how it really is....
Stop bitching.
Stop bitching.
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520
you are missing something - maybe you need to read his post again slowly maybe even slower than before
you shouldn't have had the labotomy
o sorry i will speak in simple words - no more brain chop ok?
you are missing something - maybe you need to read his post again slowly maybe even slower than before
you shouldn't have had the labotomy
o sorry i will speak in simple words - no more brain chop ok?
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Aha!
Eureka!
Is that what it is??
Thanks for the tip - cause now I know what he's talking about. It's a good thing there are people like you that are smarter than me in this world to point these things out, captwawa! Now I can sleep. Phew!
520.
Is that what it is??
Thanks for the tip - cause now I know what he's talking about. It's a good thing there are people like you that are smarter than me in this world to point these things out, captwawa! Now I can sleep. Phew!
520.
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Mr Insider,
From friends that work there, apparently;
It is still turd sandwiches all round on the AWA front. Company still hell bent on not negotiating / discussing an amicable resolve, massive staff shortage still apparent.
Many other organisations aircraft spending more time on the Skippers apron than their own.
More Pilots off to other organisation, especially Captains, VB, Cathay, Dragon, NJS, Skywest recruiting again in a couple of weeks more to probably go then, 5 on the roll with QF.
The icing on the cake, another lot of Dash 8's on the way and still a staff shortage.
Good luck.
From friends that work there, apparently;
It is still turd sandwiches all round on the AWA front. Company still hell bent on not negotiating / discussing an amicable resolve, massive staff shortage still apparent.
Many other organisations aircraft spending more time on the Skippers apron than their own.
More Pilots off to other organisation, especially Captains, VB, Cathay, Dragon, NJS, Skywest recruiting again in a couple of weeks more to probably go then, 5 on the roll with QF.
The icing on the cake, another lot of Dash 8's on the way and still a staff shortage.
Good luck.
Qantas understands the seriousness of the pilot shortage and has now effectively elimated the "hold file". Instead, any pilot that passes the recruiting process is sent a letter offering employment with the start date TBA. This is aimed at stopping the loss to other carriers of pilots who have been waiting on the hold file. Employment and training of recruits continues at maximum capacity to allow promotion of S/O's and F/O's in preparation for new aircraft arriving.
Pilots who are unhappy at airlines like Skippers have real alternatives for career progression.
Pilots who are unhappy at airlines like Skippers have real alternatives for career progression.
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Competitive Market
May get harder now for Skippers with Surveillance Australia now offering Dash 8 Captains 100K + CPI + 2% increase per year retention + overtime + superannuation.
Interesting times.
Interesting times.
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