I was told that Etihad got off the ground because Emirates and Gulf wouldn't allow them to come on board at the right level. Now it is rumoured that Etihad have employed a european company to determine how attractive they must make their package to guarantee that they will be able to crew their aircraft with experienced crews.
They have got a lot of aircraft about to turn up, need crews and have the gawonga to make it happen. They have already accepted there is no need for a profit for 5 years whilst they build the brand. It is even rumoured that they have some of our local F/Os on hold to move when the aircraft arrive.
Heard this sort of stuff before, from people with quite strange agendas but it might make for an interesting summer.
Ghost
Last edited by Ghostflyer; 10th April 2005 at 17:14.