Screwed by my company!!

[Corona]

I don't like bashing management and companies that provide us with jobs. But there is a double standard applied to the employer employee relationship.

Most of the cases shared on this thread involved employeers lying to the pilots and giving zero or almost zero notice about being out of a job.

These are the same people who expect to be given two weeks notice if a pilot wants to leave??????

I have always believed that there are two ways to leave a job. One is two weeks notice as a courtesy to a good employer. The other way is zero notice... the equivalent of firing them the way they would you if they didn't want you around anymore.

I'll give you a hearty "AMEN" to your last sentence.

Once, while working for a management company, I had three airplanes sold from under me in 4 months. I got transferred to other (crappier) jobs, but it was still a royal pain. Especially since the company pissed off the owners of the first a/c.

Hmm...three airplanes in 4 months?... You don't suppose it coulda been me, do ya? Maybe I should treat the TDZ more like a goal and less like a target...

C

 

[Daveman]

Most of the cases shared on this thread involved employeers lying to the pilots and giving zero or almost zero notice about being out of a job.
These are the same people who expect to be given two weeks notice if a pilot wants to leave??????
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Couldn't agree more with this statement. Corporations that operate a flight department, in almost all cases, can certainly afford the pilots some severance package.
Our company in the early '70s, so I'm told, kept the pilots on the payroll long after the equipment was sold. We'll see if/when the time comes.
Well flydaddy, good luck in your search. Pretty crumby to be let go this time of year when traditionally, hiring is very slow.

 

[flydaddy0499]

I underatnd that companies have bad times, flight depts get sold, mergered out of existence, tragedies strike us unaware. I just got caught up with the promise of flying turbine equipment without doing my homework on my employers. Everyone know how difficult it is to get a turbine transition outside of 121 or 135 flying. It's darn near impossible. Honestly, these folks should have started with Baron 58 and worked their way up but I came to party too late to make an honest assessment.

But, these particular guys were running a shady business scheme ( I won't say what it is) and ended up getting caught by a few people. The bottom line is this: these folks, along with a lot of other companies were running a very tight margin with very little in liquid assets. Someone forgot to do their homework actual operating costs and other associated costs and got caught with their pants down.

I am tired of CEO's that own an aircraft or two just to keep up with their buddies or to flaunt a false identity of stability and liquidity at the expense of us pilots and our families. On the one hand they tell their buddies about not being able to do without the flight dept and then treat the flight dept like trash when it comes time to tough times.

I have given every employer (with one exception) a 30 day notice if I was to resign for greener pastures. I have not always received fair treatment in return but I believe it's important to be consistent no matter what. That's called ethics; a way of life often missing when it comes to aviation and certain employers.

I'll bet that C90B will do someone south of the border a world of good if everyone's going to play dirty. But nooooo, we must be good little pilots every time we get it up the b-hole with no vaseline.

What about that short strip idea???

 

[FL000]

Sorry about your dilemma. The first things to go when the money stops flowing are airplanes and advertising. I've been in both fields.

 

[aeronautic1]

I can sum it up in one word:

Sell real estate

 

[NotFurloughed]

Uhhh...

Um....that's three words...