VA pilots worried about employment 2021
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I just judge it based on the scenario, if there are paxing crew or a passenger staying back for a wheel chair then I’ll leave it.
If I see an opportunity to safely save some fuel I take it because ultimately thats increasing the chances of us keeping our jobs in the long term and it’s also quieter for the pit crew and other pilot doing the walk around. Besides, the pit crew go to the trouble of plugging ground power in when they probably have far better things to do.
Last thing I want to do is make passengers or paxing pilots more fatigued than they already are
If I see an opportunity to safely save some fuel I take it because ultimately thats increasing the chances of us keeping our jobs in the long term and it’s also quieter for the pit crew and other pilot doing the walk around. Besides, the pit crew go to the trouble of plugging ground power in when they probably have far better things to do.
Last thing I want to do is make passengers or paxing pilots more fatigued than they already are
I just get fed up of hearing that there is an inordinate number of pilots doing the wrong thing.
There just isn't that many guys and girls doing the wrong thing as was eluded to earlier.
We are all professionals.
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VA board and JB. IT would be funny except now the deception, the incompetence, the arrogance, has come home to roost. Job cuts at a Tiger and Virgin, both front line and back room. Real people with real families. Where is the accountability of John Borgetti? Million dollar waste of time. How about holding these people accountable.
For the most part I see the same ill thought out dcissions continuing under the new management, which leads me to suspect that the same idiot advisors are still employed there.
Under those terms the company cant survive.
For the most part I see the same ill thought out dcissions continuing under the new management, which leads me to suspect that the same idiot advisors are still employed there.
Under those terms the company cant survive.
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There is no universal law that states that the people who manage to work/lie/deceive/kill their way to the top are competent and able to never put a foot wrong, though many people on these forums seem to think that is the case. JB became the CEO of VB and went about doing his own thing, supported by a board, and which he had the authority to do. He obviously f&*ked it up. That's life though. Think Stalin and Chairman Mao, how did they ever get to rule countries, never mind corporations.
If you are a salary slave (like me), there gets to a point where there's little to be gained by railing against the 'CEO class' with their revolving doors and golden parachutes. Most of those people worked 16 hour days for at least a decade to even get a slender foothold into that exclusive club. The rewards are great, but so is I imagine, the constant pressure and all consuming workload.
Sometimes a little perspective is needed. Fight for what you can get, but if it's beyond your control, then what's the point in constantly ranting. Could you do better?
If you are a salary slave (like me), there gets to a point where there's little to be gained by railing against the 'CEO class' with their revolving doors and golden parachutes. Most of those people worked 16 hour days for at least a decade to even get a slender foothold into that exclusive club. The rewards are great, but so is I imagine, the constant pressure and all consuming workload.
Sometimes a little perspective is needed. Fight for what you can get, but if it's beyond your control, then what's the point in constantly ranting. Could you do better?
