Originally Posted by
Big Tudor
Have you actually paid any attention to U.K. aviation over the last 20 years? Summer ACMI contracts are nothing new and have been used by all the big players every summer. What business resources to its peak requirements with very expensive assets only to see them sit idle for half of the year?
The issue raised by the OP is not about the usage of ACMI operators per se. It is the situation brought about by Brexit whereby EU ACMI carriers whom UK pilots cannot work for are operating UK flights that would otherwise be crewed by UK pilots.
We are not allowed to work in our own backyard essentially. Just imagine for a nanosecond if EU train drivers were brought in to operate for UK railway companies whilst unemployed UK train drivers could not work for them. The whole network would grind to a halt until Grant Shapps was dragged in by his underpants to do something about it.