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How about when No 13th month is announced we finally grow a pair and call for a strike vote!! Time to stop talking shyt and start doing... |
Originally Posted by carolknows
(Post 10286144)
What about the pilot on instagram who entices others to join on the current contract knowing its a downhill deal?
He needs to be stopped. |
Originally Posted by bm330
(Post 10285964)
Except the market is not driven by its size, its driven by supply and demand.
During an age when you actually needed to be a pilot to hold a cockpit job, skills were rewarded. Modern aircraft have never been safer and the Accountants have realized that they essentially fly themselves. Widebody international flying was once limited to experienced, skilled aviators. Now it's full of newbie, low time kids willing to work for peanuts - essentially what they're worth. Only after events like AF or German Wings, does the public question who is actually in the seat. At the end of the day, until they're afraid for their own well being, the driving force is the price of a ticket. So far, none of the long list of 'errors' has cost CX a serious accident. If/when it does, maybe then things will change. |
Originally Posted by Kid Dynamite
(Post 10286155)
How about when No 13th month is announced we finally grow a pair and call for a strike vote!! Time to stop talking shyt and start doing... |
Originally Posted by Bend alot
(Post 10285949)
So how much fight is there for a 30 years of service senior captain with a wife and 2 kids?
While stuck in Hong Hong in deteriorating conditions he will still be on a high salary (minus the 13th I hear) and have pretty good accommodation and education I believe and the best pick of the roster. Now after 30 years where can this guy go? Even a direct entry captain will have lower pay (yes overall) but the loss of seniority and the shyty shifts you are given takes the life out of your twilight years of employment, that quality family time at the good holiday periods is gone. Forget holidays for kids summer vacations or any school holidays. Every 30 year senior would have been against the B scale introduction and a negative look at the pilots that took the B scale jobs with reduced pay and conditions, but the trend on job scales continues. So we have A scale that can not really go any place unless they want to try a new venture or retire. We have B scale that are happy if A scale leave or assist them for a better package for them. But they are starting to get some senior benefits and not happy the new C scale are making it hard for the B's to get a better package. Then we have the C scale that many will happily flow thru the system for a few years to get "paid training" on the jets. By the time the A's have retired many of the B's will be in the current A's position. Dropknee - I am not a pilot but do work in the industry. I am currently a member of 2 unions and actively trying to "maintain" and then increase our pay and conditions, our employer is hell bent on reducing our conditions by lots and in return a increase far less than inflationary pay increase. The work we have done in informing the staff of what is happening to them is massive, but they are starting to get united in rejecting the offer given to us. |
Originally Posted by unitedabx
(Post 10285951)
Make the most of it while you can. This profession is extinct.
Obvoiusly our union believe the "pilot shortage" (which they continually spruik on social media) will be solved by giving us a better package. Worth a try I guess, but they are burying their head in the sand.... |
Originally Posted by sptraveller
(Post 10286689)
I really feel for you on this "I know I'd be going in and taking people's jobs which is why I'm hesitant to apply" but frankly this just isn't your responsibility.
You can't possibly be in any way responsible for the welfare of a team or community that you aren't even a member of. If you apply and succeed, all you did is follow their rules which you had no input into. Apply. Join. When you get there, be a good team player. Even if that means the irony of not hiring yourself tomorrow. But, if you added all the vertebrae at CX/KA, you couldn't build a single spine. |
Just a curious question, is it true CX prefers hiring SO's and DEFO's of Canadian or Aussie/Anzac origin rather than other nationalities?
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Originally Posted by athrun
(Post 10286803)
Just a curious question, is it true CX prefers hiring SO's and DEFO's of Canadian or Aussie/Anzac origin rather than other nationalities?
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Let’s see how they rationalize that with the current LOSA report.....:{ |
According to Ray Dalio, we're in the 7th inning of this super cycle. It's sort of unprecedented that this business cycle has lasted this long, the Fed is obviously trying to play catch up with rate hikes which only worsens debt servicing. Airlines/Travel industry are usually the worst hit when there's an economic downturn, bad timing I guess.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/11/bill...mic-cycle.html |
Originally Posted by AdB29
(Post 10282467)
There are other options out there. For starts HK Express is an option and most SOs would meet the requirements and HK Express would love to have them. Contracts are very transparent and you will already earn more than an SO salary plus you get an upgrade to FO and you ACTUALLY FLY THE AIRCRAFT. You tell me how that is not a better option???!!! So please stop spreading your CX BS here. When I bump into a CX S/O who joined as a cadet with 500 hrs jet I’ll let you know. |
Originally Posted by morningcoffee
(Post 10287547)
So HKE want 500 on type with a 320 or 330 rating and you’re saying most Cathay S/Os have that? Or even more experience if you’re NTR. When I bump into a CX S/O who joined as a cadet with 500 hrs jet I’ll let you know. |
Originally Posted by AdB29
(Post 10287710)
I was an SO with only a few thousand turboprop and a few hundred P2X (Which probably counted as NOTHING). I got in, no type rating on 320. Full type rating course was done. I am sure there are many SOs that had my similar experience plus more! HK Express is also starting their Second Officer program for pilots with less than their First Officer Requirements (1500 TT), the difference is these Second Officers will actually fly! Much better option for cadets who need to gain that experience. Honest question as I am interested to have an insight at what life with them could be like. |
Originally Posted by AdB29
(Post 10287710)
I was an SO with only a few thousand turboprop and a few hundred P2X (Which probably counted as NOTHING). I got in, no type rating on 320. Full type rating course was done. I am sure there are many SOs that had my similar experience plus more! HK Express is also starting their Second Officer program for pilots with less than their First Officer Requirements (1500 TT), the difference is these Second Officers will actually fly! Much better option for cadets who need to gain that experience. |
Starting pay is around $50K at HKE, about the same as the S/O package at CX so the new S/O job at HKE is going to pay way less. And you’re all bitching that you can’t survive in HKG on what CX pay but HKE (and HKA for that matter) enable you to live a great life in HKG, on less money. The hypocrisy is a joke, have you seen the schooling allowance for HKE? Anything to get in a new shiny jet. NTR at HKE are bonded I assume. |
Originally Posted by morningcoffee
(Post 10287547)
When I bump into a CX S/O who joined as a cadet with 500 hrs jet I’ll let you know. |
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Wow $110k a month base pay for an F/O is great money, skippers must be on $150k a month base pay at least. Sounds like HKE is the place to be, that’s at least 30% better than what CX pay. In fact a new joiner F/O at HKE is doing better than a skipper at CX. Always good when someone presents the facts. And everyone is happy and they love the place, and they treat everyone so well. |
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