Bases are history
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Bases are history
Had my Fleet Forum recently. Austin Powers asked when bases would open. He replied never, basing wont happen.
So if you think the company is waiting for the CMP to tell them how to base, you are dreaming. The company knows that bases save them money, but they loose too much control. They are too immoral to comply with 1st world labour laws.
Talk of bases been reviewed once the CMP is in place is just more BS to keep our hopes up and stem the rush to the exit door.
The CMP is all about the company getting more for less. If you think your rosters are bad, just wait to be optimised. Just ask the 747 crews.
Air NZ has the Jepp package. The crew call the optimiser 'The Sodomiser'.
Austin will be DFO within 3 months. AT to be promoted away from her complete failure.
So if you think the company is waiting for the CMP to tell them how to base, you are dreaming. The company knows that bases save them money, but they loose too much control. They are too immoral to comply with 1st world labour laws.
Talk of bases been reviewed once the CMP is in place is just more BS to keep our hopes up and stem the rush to the exit door.
The CMP is all about the company getting more for less. If you think your rosters are bad, just wait to be optimised. Just ask the 747 crews.
Air NZ has the Jepp package. The crew call the optimiser 'The Sodomiser'.
Austin will be DFO within 3 months. AT to be promoted away from her complete failure.
Last edited by controlledrest; 28th Mar 2018 at 20:53.
I call more bs. Sorry but you think a third floor manager that loves his job would admit to that. Sure.
It may well be true but I still don’t believe they would openly go against the party line.
Nice wind up but no Cigar.
It may well be true but I still don’t believe they would openly go against the party line.
Nice wind up but no Cigar.
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That is how I now sit in 500 sqft in Tung Chung.
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Basically, anything told to us by management can be assumed to be a lie. That philosophy has served me well for the past 20 years. Anyone who thinks there is even the remotest chance of a stable career here is sadly deluded. Get out while you still maintain your sanity. This place will corrode every aspect of your being. Guaranteed.
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JCR (PBS) is nowhere close. I wonder if it will ever come or if that’s just more “pie in the sky” from Management.
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"pie in the sky".... I know where I would put my money!
(...of course, not my 'bonus' money...)
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Your life will get worse, not better, once the “sodomizer” is used on your schedule. Of that you can rest assured, and you will definitely notice.
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I have to say however, this story doesn't pass the 'smell test'. I can't see any senior manager confirming there will be no more bases. That would undermine the 'Big Lie' they are desperately using to try and keep people from leaving.
PBS will never be funded/approved by the accountants. They will reap their efficiency gain$ from the optimiser and then amazingly the CMP will be called a success and the implementation team disbanded.
. Anyone who doesn't make efforts to escape deserves their fate.
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It's not like there are only a couple of things wrong with CX. EVERYTHING is wrong, in every area. It's actually hard for me to comprehend how a company that once represented the best career in aviation has morphed into arguably the worst airline to work for on planet earth. And even more incomprehensible, is how our management think they are 'industry leading', even as Rome burns....
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It's not like there are only a couple of things wrong with CX. EVERYTHING is wrong, in every area. It's actually hard for me to comprehend how a company that once represented the best career in aviation has morphed into arguably the worst airline to work for on planet earth. And even more incomprehensible, is how our management think they are 'industry leading', even as Rome burns....
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The JCR will eventually show up because CX desperately wants power by the hour. The optimizer will never give everybody the same hours every month across every fleet. CX only wants to pay for the 70 hrs a lot of guys actually fly - even if it takes 20 days to get it. They will fight tooth and nail against min credits and daily duty rigs to ensure their bonuses. The only question is whether there will still be an Airline to fly for by the time it shows up.
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In their defense, haven’t heard them claim to be ‘industry leading’, at least not for a very long time. They do, however, claim to be a ‘career airline’ which is absolutely not the case for those joining since the GFC. They are rapidly taking those who joined before the GFC and destroying those ‘careers’ as well.
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Cxorcist, knowing the appalling arrogance of the Swire's, do you not suspect that they do indeed think of themselves as 'industry leading'...? As the good book says, 'pride goeth before the fall'. These people think they can do anything, get away with anything and not suffer any consequences. Time to change that paradigm.
Every time they have seen a crisis (Gulf War, 9/11, SARS, GFC, etc.), they run like squealing pigs to the employees for concessions. Always crying wolf... Then, they generate their own crisis with a gargantuan, losing fuel hedge, and they do the same. Is it any wonder that the employees aren’t running for cover? They’ve seen this song and dance before, and whose fault is it anyways? Certainly not ours!
Those poor office rats that got sacked were just window dressing. They make no substantive difference to the bottom line. In reality, they had to lose their jobs so the rest of us would know the Management is serious this time. Well, I’m not impressed. The Company’s fortunes have turned. They gave 13th month and pay raises to most. The rest is just smoke and mirrors.
Sure, they take draconian actions sometimes just to show who is in charge, but I just don’t care anymore. The job isn’t worth having if they cut it any further. Want to close bases? Fine, a bunch more leave. Want to steal away housing? Fine, that many more leave. Want to ignore seniority? Go ahead, so many have already left over this issue and others.
Basically, there is no juice left in the orange to squeeze. There just isn’t very far to fall from here. Sure, applying for new jobs is a pain in the backside, but we’ve all done it before and can do it again. So go ahead AT and RH, cut off your ugly noses just to spite your face. Idiots!!!