Originally Posted by
SilverSeated
Might want to get yourself a tin hat there!
Minimum $4B/year, just like that with STC's exit...you really believe EK means that much in the bigger picture of the British economy? Let alone to warrant the BBC running an expose to counteract this loss!
If so maybe we should start look at moving our pension funds, wouldn't want them tanking due to STC's retirement!
Apart from skilled pilots and cabin crew, do you think any airline would hire unskilled middle management without particular figure head at the top. No.
Most of EK's
PR/Marketing/Brand Image Management dollars are making their way to mother land. This will disappear rather quickly.
It is wise to spend $3B/yr on pilot, cabin crew perks or customer amenities rather than paying Digital Influencers (AKA internet trolls) to build artificial company's image. Didn't work so far, not going to work in future.
If revenue stream from EK didn't mean that much why give KBE? Didn't do anything for aviation, other than making Boeing/Airbus designers lazy.
In hindsight without STC buying VLAs in bulk, Boeing and Airbus designers would have worked hard to build Low CASM Small Capacity (Ultra)Long Range aircraft which lot of airlines could use.
That aviation innovation is delayed by few decades.