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Old May 9, 2018, 6:51 am
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thibderoc
 
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Originally Posted by giancarlosil
Salaries are to be in accordance with the market, the economy of the country and the profits or losses of the company,
If I may, this is exactly what unions are saying. and because

Originally Posted by giancarlosil
clearly AF is showing red numbers.
is wrong last year (even for AF only), unions are asking for a pay raise (that they think is fair in accordance to the result), while AF management gave them (even before the strike) a raise that was in accordance to what they think was fair.

Unfortunately, pilots have been trained to "drive" a plane : anticipating the weather and the flight path : turning too soon or too late will make them miss the runway
While Top management have been trained to "drive" a company : anticipating the number of passengers based on the economy, anticipating future costs and (mainly) matching the expectations of the stakeholders..

That's 2 different jobs...
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