April 3, 20206 yr Well That's it, just Like That! 11+ Years flying the Bus and now officially unemployed. All of Tigerair Pilot's A320 and 737 Crew are now Officially redundant. Virgin cut us free. Our Last Day today and can't even get together to commiserate together over a few brews. I know it's like this everywhere, but it still sucks. An Airline, Much like it's namesake, a Cat that had survived more than it's 9 lives. Can't say it doesn't sting now that it's over. Couldn't have worked with a better bunch of brothers and sisters. Camaraderie like I had never Known. those guys bent over backwards to grease the wheels of that Airline and performed Miracles Daily. What a Ride it has Been. Shattered. T FAA ATP, CASA ATPL(A), MEIR, NVFR, Type Rated: A320, B747,B737, E120, B1900D/C KA350, Multi Ratings: PA31-350, BE58, C310, PN68, PA44, BE76. Checked out on: C210, R114, C206, PA28, C172, C152. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7900X CPU @ 3.30GHz (20 CPUs), ~3.3GHzMemory: 64MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Multi Monitor.
April 3, 20206 yr Always sucks to lose one's livelihood. Some background, for the curious: https://simpleflying.com/virgin-australia-tigerair-pilots/ We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
April 3, 20206 yr sorry to hear that T. I'm dreading what may be inevitable here in the USA as well. All these paid furloughs can't last forever...and probably won't last as long enough when the passengers return.
April 3, 20206 yr Having flown Tigerair Singapore-Perth-Singapore, this is such saddening news to read. I just hope things improve soon, because for every downturn there is an upturn, and you and your fellow airmen and airwomen are back up in them tha'r blue skies. Best Wishes. Rick Almeida
April 3, 20206 yr You have my sympathies. I think I flew with Tiger when I flew between Sydney and Melbourne in 2016. I saw the most spectacular storm roll in and out whilst waiting to board in Sydney. It was bizarre. It went from hot and sunny to black with a visibility of nothing with incredible pink lightning in just a few minutes. Planes that were taxing literally just stopped and vanished into the blackness. Just when I thought I would be stuck for hours it vanished as quickly as it came in and the planes started moving again. The whole thing lasted a little over 30 mins. An interesting part of the world to be an aviator, I'm sure. Anyway, all the best fella. I hope things work out for you. 5800X3D - Strix X570-E - 32GB 3600Mhz DDR4 - AMD RX 9070 XT- Samsung 980 Pro x2
April 3, 20206 yr Just 6 weeks ago I was in Australia visiting a very good friend of mine who flew for Tiger, we used to fly together in SE Asia almost 30 years ago as very young FOs, We sat on his deck reminiscing , both now senior captains, and and drifted off into a peaceful mid afternoon nap together with not a care in the world . Now he’s out of a job and I’m furloughed with my mortgage payments on hold. Funny how much the world can change in 6 weeks ,I’m still waiting to wake up from that nap and find this was all a really bad dream. 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
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