Crossair/Swiss Xenophobia...?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Europe
Posts: 655
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I picked this up from another thread on PPRuNe which is discussing Ryanair's Charleroi base. It's a quote from the one and only very angry little man who's had a lot to say here and on other threads, in defence of the xenophobic Swiss reaction to it's foreign pilots. What a little gem. Does this guy contradict himself or what?
Hold at Saffa said:
Go boy! 
Edited for atrocious spelling! But only the ones I could spot...
[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: 126.9 ]
Hold at Saffa said:
Flying from a Belgian base and not having a single Belgian pilot is just sensible.
"We would rather see Sabena destroyed than restructured."
Belgian Cockpit Association.
Thanks to the outrageous industrial behaviour of Belgians in recent history, I'd say your prospects are a bit grim for the next couple of centuries or so. But then again, you could always strike!
"We would rather see Sabena destroyed than restructured."
Belgian Cockpit Association.
Thanks to the outrageous industrial behaviour of Belgians in recent history, I'd say your prospects are a bit grim for the next couple of centuries or so. But then again, you could always strike!
Edited for atrocious spelling! But only the ones I could spot...
[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: 126.9 ]
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Confederatio Helvetica
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's a quote from the one and only very angry little man
Does this guy contradict himself or what?
[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: Hold at Saffa ]
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ft, Lauderdale,FL
Posts: 199
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Commander Saffa!
I always enjoy your posts and at at the risk of drawing considerable fire from you, I have to say that if you think LX has any loyalty to you, your 20 years of flying command not withstanding, than you are smoking crack!
It may even promt you to rethink that whole union thing.
Merry Christmas.
I always enjoy your posts and at at the risk of drawing considerable fire from you, I have to say that if you think LX has any loyalty to you, your 20 years of flying command not withstanding, than you are smoking crack!
It may even promt you to rethink that whole union thing.
Merry Christmas.
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Confederatio Helvetica
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hello Raas, and happy Christmas to you and your family too.
I am under no misapprehension about special treatment being given to me or any other non-Swiss pilot. Crossair is a commercial venture, not a sheltered workshop for airborne gypsies. The simple fact is, that there may well be a political dimension arising from such a large number of unemployed Swiss pilots consequencial to the failure of Swissair.
The initiator of this thread and others have claimed that the Swiss are somehow Xenophobes for seeking to protect the rights of their citizens. This is simply not true, and claims to the contrary are destructive.
The best prospects for employing the largest numbers of non-Swiss pilots for the longest possible time is to redouble ALL our efforts in making the expanded Crossair work, and work well.
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: Hold at Saffa ]
I am under no misapprehension about special treatment being given to me or any other non-Swiss pilot. Crossair is a commercial venture, not a sheltered workshop for airborne gypsies. The simple fact is, that there may well be a political dimension arising from such a large number of unemployed Swiss pilots consequencial to the failure of Swissair.
The initiator of this thread and others have claimed that the Swiss are somehow Xenophobes for seeking to protect the rights of their citizens. This is simply not true, and claims to the contrary are destructive.
The best prospects for employing the largest numbers of non-Swiss pilots for the longest possible time is to redouble ALL our efforts in making the expanded Crossair work, and work well.
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: Hold at Saffa ]
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thank you, Saffa, it had to be said!!
Quote:The best prospects for employing the largest numbers of non-Swiss pilots for the longest possible time is to redouble ALL our efforts on making the expanded Crossair work, and work well.
it's also the best way of keeping low-seniority swiss copilots in the job.
Quote:The best prospects for employing the largest numbers of non-Swiss pilots for the longest possible time is to redouble ALL our efforts on making the expanded Crossair work, and work well.
it's also the best way of keeping low-seniority swiss copilots in the job.
