BrownGirls YUM

Pilots? They don't even have enough english-speaking tow operators, let alone pilots!

Albief15

I think hiring outside our pilot group would create a poison atmosphere that would make it much harder to do the flying EVERYWHERE ELSE. No need to puff out chests, threaten, or make comments subject to RLA scrutiny--but I don't think that is a major concern.

HerkyBird

There should NEVER have been one LOA drawn up for two different cities, in two different countries, on two different continents, in two different hemispheres, with two different economies, and just ONE SET OF HARD NUMBERS for housing allowance, etc. This is gross incompetence on the part of our MEC/NC, frankly. There's also no need to reinvent the wheel here ... it would have been simple to peg a Captain's HOA/COLA to, say, the DOD allowance for an O-5, and peg an F/O's HOA/COLA to the DOD allowance for an O-4 for each particular city. The DOD has already done the economic survey, the scale reflects the difference in rank, earnings, station in life, reasonable (i.e., not luxurious) standard of living, etc.

This is why we need PROFESSIONAL negotiators, not pilots who think that because they can fly a mighty fine single-engine ILS, it means they're shee-it-hot at whatever else they attempt. This is no time for moon-lighting, folks.

BrownGirls YUM

Life for all there will be akin to that of the 90-lb weakling convicted child molester who shares a cell with the 250lb 25-to-lifer in Sing Sing.

fdxmd11fo

[QUOTE=HerkDriver;203641]Can somebody give me a brief description of what life will be like for a junior pilot flying out of HKG if the LOA gets voted down?

The junior guy who bids this w/o any help from the company is a fool, but at least he knows what he is getting.