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ryanair unpaid pilot leave

  • 18-09-2008 2:36pm
    #1
    Mailman
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    http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=2285525;s=rollingnews.htm

    Couldn't holidays have been withheld during high-season to avoid the need for this.
    As for involuntary selection for unpaid leave is it likely that those pilots on the planes that have been grounded will be the obvious targets.
    A high paying pilot job isn't much good if you only get paid 8 months out of 12 is it?


Comments

  • #2
    FOGOFUNK
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    Unpaid leave is an encouraged option in most aviation companies.


  • #3
    Foggy43
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    Some airlines pay their pilots on a chocks to chocks basis only. That is the expression used.

    Actually what happens is doors closed, parking brake off and wages start.
    Parking Brake on and door open wages finish. Once I did have to discretely warn a captain that in some situations it is unwise to sit on stand with doors closed and parking brake off and not tell start up you are ready to go.


  • #4
    zig
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    Foggy43 wrote: »
    Actually what happens is doors closed, parking brake off and wages start.
    Parking Brake on and door open wages finish. Once I did have to discretely warn a captain that in some situations it is unwise to sit on stand with doors closed and parking brake off and not tell start up you are ready to go.

    I'm all for metaphors but ive no idea what your on about.


  • #5
    Foggy43
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    Just stick the word aircraft in front of 'doors' and 'parking brake'.

    On departure when all aircraft doors are closed and aircraft parking brake is released a message is automatically sent from the aircraft. It is now departed. The message goes to the parent company and ATC. Same happens again when the aircraft arrives, the parking brake is set to on a door is opened. A message is sent.


  • #6
    FlutterinBantam
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    zig wrote: »
    I'm all for metaphors but ive no idea what your on about.

    Chocks.. the blocks placed at the aircraft wheels to prevent involuntary movement .

    usually 3 sets one for nose gear and two for the main gear.

    So chock to chock would mean from the time the chocks are removed at the beginning of the flight to the time they are put in place at the end of a flight.

    same as Foggy said only different.:cool:


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