Originally Posted by
Airmann
There's a reason why commuting has never been a part of the package in most of the airlines in the middle east. It keeps more money in the country as the families spend the dough internally.
Does this raise the question to what purpose has the airline been built in the first place? To attract local spenders of money that had been locally printed? Doesn't add up.
Re recent Willy Walsh interview (rise Sir Willy move over Sir Tim) China is running at 50perc of pre covid levels. If they kick off then that’s a huge number of pilots for China and the surrounding regions placing huge pressure on RIA.
To no surprise, when was the last time a big head airline exec was honest with his numbers not just numerically accurate.
China is on 50% international flights of 2019. Yet then, only of half of those those are PRC carriers due reciprocity representing around
700 daily flights missing and to be crewed. For a demand that is not here yet as so many ties disintegrated, by pilots who existed before COVID.
Since domestic traffic peaked at 14000 daily fligths recently, any voids to be filled are hardly of global workforce significance. Also easily filled by experienced RU jocks who can't really go anywhere else apart from... oh wait.