Cathay Pacific ‘to axe 6,000 staff and Dragon brand’ in bid to stay afloat
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From the SCMP , 10 ka pilots are retained by cathay, to retrain others on the narrowbody’
Who are the “ others” they are referring to?
Who arethe lucky 10?
The 3rd floor sycophants?
When will the letters go out to laid off ka pilots inviting job applicants to a newly expanded hong kong Express?
Maybe a rebrand is in the air, for HKE , costing 100s of millions ?
i laugh when I think of all the wasted re branding of Dragonair over the last few years, to Cathay Dragon, that most pax were ambivalent about.
What a stupendous waste of human resources, time , money and effort. And Not a single boardmember takes any responsibility except their meaningless platitudes .
Who are the “ others” they are referring to?
Who arethe lucky 10?
The 3rd floor sycophants?
When will the letters go out to laid off ka pilots inviting job applicants to a newly expanded hong kong Express?
Maybe a rebrand is in the air, for HKE , costing 100s of millions ?
i laugh when I think of all the wasted re branding of Dragonair over the last few years, to Cathay Dragon, that most pax were ambivalent about.
What a stupendous waste of human resources, time , money and effort. And Not a single boardmember takes any responsibility except their meaningless platitudes .
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So? We are well setup to easily re-validate Pilots from anywhere with plenty of trainers and Sims available......it’s not a new event and has been done many times as per the training manual. Besides a lot of HK based Pilots are not current either...
Not as hard as you think. Sorry to disappoint but you haven’t gotten rid of all the pesky senior to you Pilots just yet...........
Not as hard as you think. Sorry to disappoint but you haven’t gotten rid of all the pesky senior to you Pilots just yet...........
be can only mean one thing....
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I don’t think so, as that will cost them 6 months salary for those who don’t want to relocate to HKG.
They have to offer same salary (in HKD) AND all the benefits under CoS08, otherwise it’s constructive dismissal.
On the re-training: Yes it was done before, but not en masse. We’re talking about at least a 777 full of pilots staying in the headless hotel for a long time waiting to do SIMs and Line flying.
Ok. Very shortly the only Veta employees are those on a base. And then they wrap up Veta as insolvent. Or something similar. And, the entity that employed you no longer exists. À la KA, and our unfortunate colleagues there. And bang goes LIFO ( which they achieved yesterday ) and having to retrain those pesky senior guys.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
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Ok. Very shortly the only Veta employees are those on a base. And then they wrap up Veta as insolvent. Or something similar. And, the entity that employed you no longer exists. À la KA, and our unfortunate colleagues there. And bang goes LIFO ( which they achieved yesterday ) and having to retrain those pesky senior guys.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
If anything they should increase the bases if they want to save money, and they do.
They’re not cheaper on 80%\50% pay for doing sweet fanny adams.
Have you had a look at cos 18. ? Carefully ?
Have you had a look at cos 18. ? Carefully ?
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This looking at more than 4 year captain, no 13th month, no matching pension in hong kong, no profit share, london hdp.
So yes, it is cheaper now and it will be a lot cheaper again later, when flying picks up, in my humble estimation.
Interesting. You’ve not compared it with cos 18. Which is sadly now the benchmark. There is no 13m. And no efp. And pf reduced
Anyway. I don’t wish harm or misfortune on any of us. Based or not. As an observation, they have orchestrated this very carefully. And if they do require more people on a base, as they’re apparently so cost effective, on what terms ? Veta cos 18 ?
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Looks like you didn’t actually do the numbers.
That’s ok, I’ve got nothing better to do..
believe me. I’ve done the numbers. Cos 18 is lcc rates for longhaul
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Don’t underestimate the power of the based unions. Most of them have been around for 10 years now, and in that time they have built up a significant war chest in case CX tried to close the base. They also have the backing of real labor laws which protect against over aggressive employers. Whatever tactic CX could come up with has already been tried before and precedent set through arbitration cases. Collective Agreements do expire and eventually allow for strike or lockout action, but that process can take months. It will be a long time before based go away.
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Ok. Very shortly the only Veta employees are those on a base. And then they wrap up Veta as insolvent. Or something similar. And, the entity that employed you no longer exists. À la KA, and our unfortunate colleagues there. And bang goes LIFO ( which they achieved yesterday ) and having to retrain those pesky senior guys.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
And good luck with litigation. Measured in years. By which stage your various AOA’s will be bankrupt.
They’ve patently thought this through very carefully.
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Bases are the next target. As everyone can appreciate, hundreds of pilots basically stood down, and still on the previous contracts is not a sustainable situation. Expect an announcement in the next weeks pertaining to the new strategy for bases. Expect closures and at the very least COS 18 terms.
How many ?
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"mngmt mole" You're a fool & the very worst kind of person. Why would you go out of your way to stress out more of your colleagues and families at a time like this. The company stated in writing this week that bases will not be affected at this time & a basing review is currently not being conducted. Based Pilots are still the cheapest in the company. I would be far more concerned about the removal of seniority in Hong Kong. Then they can pick & choose, selecting vocal troublemaking idiots and people who spread stupid rumours first.
