Virgin Interviewing round 2
godammit...............
Correct observation I'd say. 
With demand for pilots now becoming greater than supply, crew T&C 'packages' are going to become one of the big drivers of cost for ALL airlines, whether they like it or not.
If airlines aren't recognising that fact now, and that the cost of attracting and retaining sufficient numbers of pilots to keep their aircraft flying is very soon going to be a key structural driver of overall costs in their business models, then their continuing to treat pilots' T&Cs as an opportunity to make what they presently seem to regard as an easy and low-level cost-reduction or cost-stabilisation measure in the mistaken belief that supply of pilots is going to remain greater than demand is inevitably going to become very damaging to them indeed.
And it's going to be sooner than management realises if they look at the projected demand for pilots worldwide in the next ten years.
If the mistaken belief remains firmly 'embedded' in management attitudes that supply of pilots is going to remain greater than demand, then it will probably prove fatal to them.
my previous quote about management mindset must change will happen over time, & it will!
With demand for pilots now becoming greater than supply, crew T&C 'packages' are going to become one of the big drivers of cost for ALL airlines, whether they like it or not.
If airlines aren't recognising that fact now, and that the cost of attracting and retaining sufficient numbers of pilots to keep their aircraft flying is very soon going to be a key structural driver of overall costs in their business models, then their continuing to treat pilots' T&Cs as an opportunity to make what they presently seem to regard as an easy and low-level cost-reduction or cost-stabilisation measure in the mistaken belief that supply of pilots is going to remain greater than demand is inevitably going to become very damaging to them indeed.
And it's going to be sooner than management realises if they look at the projected demand for pilots worldwide in the next ten years.
If the mistaken belief remains firmly 'embedded' in management attitudes that supply of pilots is going to remain greater than demand, then it will probably prove fatal to them.
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Congrats on the interview, hope all goes well!
Now not being negative but believe any improvements in T&C in general will be achieved by a thousand cuts rather than a single large leap, would be interested to hear after the event how your declining the endorso cost went down or whether they play dumb ("..what, you said no, we missed that as EVERYONE always says yes, well you're here now and we DO have an offer but it will be at your cost...so what's your answer???) and/or what carrots/inducements (both good and bad) they put forward.
Of course as I have said before put your best foot forward, go for it with all your heart and effort and if offered a position - THEN you have a real decision to make, as such both an enviable and unenviable position.
Best of luck!
Congrats on the interview, hope all goes well!
Now not being negative but believe any improvements in T&C in general will be achieved by a thousand cuts rather than a single large leap, would be interested to hear after the event how your declining the endorso cost went down or whether they play dumb ("..what, you said no, we missed that as EVERYONE always says yes, well you're here now and we DO have an offer but it will be at your cost...so what's your answer???) and/or what carrots/inducements (both good and bad) they put forward.
Of course as I have said before put your best foot forward, go for it with all your heart and effort and if offered a position - THEN you have a real decision to make, as such both an enviable and unenviable position.
Best of luck!
