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Well, if you are, quitting training would reduce your workload significantly. You might fly hours like STW.
Also, you could rest easy knowing that you are not training your cheap replacements and diluting your contract.
Also, you could rest easy knowing that you are not training your cheap replacements and diluting your contract.
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As to banafguy's point: the US industry is approaching crisis. The military doesn't have near enough pilots to release to the airlines (they are contemplating $500K bonus's to their pilots to stay....what does that tell you about a shortage?). The commuter airlines are reducing/cancelling services and parking aircraft. There is nearly no pipeline from the flying schools, because airlines (particularly commuters) have devalued the profession so much that individuals can't be bothered to invest in a pilot career (remind you of a particular airline in HK?). The ONLY way the US industry will fill their cockpits is with foreign pilots, and industry leading conditions. That is why we already have people leaving CX for the US (even people about to start their commands here, after 11 years in CX). So, CX management can 'pretend' they are in charge, but the facts will inexorably defeat them. Will be fun to watch.
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Trafalgar,
if Cathay is so short on pilots, why don't they keep guys with 55 RA?
They could offer local package, a lot would take it.
So, why don't they do it?
if Cathay is so short on pilots, why don't they keep guys with 55 RA?
They could offer local package, a lot would take it.
So, why don't they do it?
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They can't be short.....I believe they are actually paying at least one of the Manchester Captains to leave..... guess the TB/CC means nothing to these arrogant Swire morons.
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STW: it's due to the overwhelming influence of arrogance, conceit and face. Nothing more needs explaining. Our management will drive this airline, it's history and it's legacy into the ground.
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Last HKAOA letter contains (again) ZERO resignations, but 8 applications of new-joiners.
There never was a pilot shortage at Cathay, there is no pilot shortage at Cathay, and there never will be a pilot shortage at Cathay.
Accept the reality and act accordingly.
Politics is the art of the attainable, and going to war empty handed is suicide.
There never was a pilot shortage at Cathay, there is no pilot shortage at Cathay, and there never will be a pilot shortage at Cathay.
Accept the reality and act accordingly.
Politics is the art of the attainable, and going to war empty handed is suicide.
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Last HKAOA letter contains (again) ZERO resignations, but 8 applications of new-joiners.
There never was a pilot shortage at Cathay, there is no pilot shortage at Cathay, and there never will be a pilot shortage at Cathay.
Accept the reality and act accordingly.
Politics is the art of the attainable, and going to war empty handed is suicide.
There never was a pilot shortage at Cathay, there is no pilot shortage at Cathay, and there never will be a pilot shortage at Cathay.
Accept the reality and act accordingly.
Politics is the art of the attainable, and going to war empty handed is suicide.
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The Current Market Outlook report released this week by aerospace giant Boeing (NYSE: BA) projects that the aviation industry must generate more than 2.1 million new pilots and other skilled workers during the next 20 years to keep pace with the sector’s huge growth. That spells trouble for airlines and government agencies that already don’t have enough pilots.
Passenger airlines are particularly vulnerable. The major carriers are bracing for the retirement of about 18,000 pilots in the U.S. over the next three years. The pilot shortage could drive some regional airlines out of business.
So far in 2017, Delta Air Lines has hired the greatest number of new pilots (474) among the major U.S. carriers, followed by Southwest Airlines at 366, American Airlines Group at 354, and United Airlines at 254.
Sounds like a looming problem in the next few years
Passenger airlines are particularly vulnerable. The major carriers are bracing for the retirement of about 18,000 pilots in the U.S. over the next three years. The pilot shortage could drive some regional airlines out of business.
So far in 2017, Delta Air Lines has hired the greatest number of new pilots (474) among the major U.S. carriers, followed by Southwest Airlines at 366, American Airlines Group at 354, and United Airlines at 254.
Sounds like a looming problem in the next few years
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Well Traffy, it seems that he refused to accept CX cheating on a clear employment offer. And unlike some motor mouths on here he stuck to his guns and was served a Compulsory Redundancy Notice. Manchester based so probably of little interest to your kind.
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Ok, well that isn't particularly clear. If CX were following the rules for base closure or other aspects of COS, and he refused one of the options on offer then yes, they would give him notice. If however he refused to be moved WITHOUT a basis in COS, then he has every right to insist on being treated according to the rules. So, perhaps you could amplify what you mean by 'he refused to accept CX cheating on a clear employment offer'...?
