Originally Posted by
glofish
Maybe that same company, for an even more considerable sum, could spend a few more seconds of its invaluable work to prove that a lack of pilots could be an equally huge cost and even more lost flexibility.
But in this region it would cry for a culprit, so .....
One of the biggest 'obstacles' to basings, particularly in Europe, USA, Aus/NZ is that EK could well find itself bound by local Labor laws. It has happened to Cathay in Paris and, in a smaller and slightly different way, to EK already in Japan.
There is no way imho, even in light of the desperate crew shortages that EK now faces, that basings will ever be seriously considered.