35 Sim Instructors Resign

[controlledrest]

35 sim instructors have resigned over cuts to their already degraded conditions. Company is considering using FOs to run sims.

[pill]

You get the employees you deserve. Who would of thought?
Put the worlds smallest violin on standby for next time you bump into an "overworked" STC.
"Market forces" anybody?

[Dilbert68]

Good for them. I have learned a lot from you gentlemen over the years, CX was lucky to have such a talented group of professionals with so much experience.

You deserve better.

[Rie]

Now some of the overachieving iCadet FOs are on WhatsApp trying to get info on how they can become a SFI... The cycle continues

[Piet Lood]

Dilbert68

Except one. Karma is Mayhem!

[krismiler]

They don't seem to realise that SIM instructors will be in great demand as the industry recovers and all those recurrencies need doing.

[Coronavirus]

Rie

I cant wait to have a 24 year old icadet sitting behind me in the sim trying to teach. I hope you guys like swiss cheese sandwiches.

[Memorylapse]

The freighter Instagram queen will shortly be teaching all of us a thing or 2 soon in the sim. Sharpen up boys!

[Progress Wanchai]

Short memories.

Was it not 10 years ago when not a single 747 instructor had actually flown a 747? One of them had never flown a jet.

[Memorylapse]

Of course - we even have some of them in the house now. The Kiwi dude has never touched a 74 in his life.

[Uplinker]

Good for the instructors standing up for themselves. If more pilots took a stand, aviation would be a better place, (Covid notwithstanding).

[Dingleberry Handpump]

Rie

Best to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt.

[main_dog]

First off, is this true? If so, did they do it in unison? And how many did we have to begin with?

[Klimax]

Just as a reminder! There were a lot of utterly, outdated and crappy Sim instructors (Gweilos, minus 1 on Singaporean) back in the 2000-2010s. Not sure if some of those were cleared out over the later years. Just saying.

[backspace]

main_dog

No not in unison. The grandfathering of their contract was for 12 months and they have slowly been departing in the lead up to that expiring. Perhaps a sign of things to come in the next 6-12 months as the pilot grandfathering expires.

[stevieboy330]

"You reap what you sow' ..... springs to mind.

[Airbubba]

controlledrest

All of the major union airlines in the U.S. use FOs as sim instructors. Is there some rule against that in Hong Kong?

[Cortisol Depleted]

A previous company I worked for used Training First Officers for sims - they were all taken upto TRE as part of the job. They were some of the best trainers I’ve had.

It was a good way of nurturing talent early and keeping pilots engaged when time to command was decades.

[ACMS]

Memory lapse

Seriously?

nah can’t be…..

nothing would surprise me anymore

[S22]

Cortisol Depleted

In some air forces simulator instructing was a punishment tour 😂