I thought that with the demise of Canada 3000
there was not much in the way of an airline
business left in the '51st state'. Canadian
aircraft have been operating on behalf of
UK carriers for a number of years and MANY
pilots are still working in the UK along with
hundreds more from the colonies when a greater number of British pilots have been
laid off over the last few months. These
pilots will not lose their jobs because they
are not British nationals BUT do not expect
UK carriers to pass up the opportunity to
seek winter contracts in North America simply
because the locals cry foul. If these contracts do come to fruition it is more than
likely that local cabin staff, engineers,
dispatchers not to mention ground handling
personnel will be utilised so its not all so
bad as it sounds at first.
There are other ways around this one but I'll
let you work that out yourselves and it would
still see British Pilots in British aircraft
but without ANY Canadian employment involved!