Uneconomical
The numbers you suggest would be totally uneconomical and dare I say pointless.The number of crew necessary to"Man" the LHR base was actually closer to a thousand,hence the continued access of Australian crew to this port.The problem for Qantas with both these ports has been the room night requirements.In LAX for example the room night requirement is almost 6000/month.Hence the need to spread crew complements over three hotels.Economies of scale would not apply if the 870 overseas based crew were scattered in the manner you suggest.Nor would rostering efficiencies be achieved.
Playing Devil`s Advocate with "what if`s"is pointless until you read the in principal agreement,then you can make a well informed asessment.
Last edited by DEFCON4; 12th Nov 2004 at 06:37.