Vorsicht,
You just desrcibed the shorthaul award. More efficient that what Jet* and
VB work their pilots to.
Guess what? Most who have worked both contracts in QF prefer Shorthaul.
The new gen of QF pilots already live in this new world.
Regarding the shareholders thinking GD is worth his money, been to a SGM? The only way votes for payrises get up at these things is cause the big investors (super funds, big investment firms etc..) are bought off and there sheer volume of votes makes it a done deal. Plenty of the individual shareholders (IE The actual opinion of the owner!!!!) vote down these payrises and have plenty to say about what goes on at the joint.
And obviously the sharemarket isn't rapt by the way things are going (you cant totally blame fuel) cause the shareprice has no pulse. Maybe here the market knows whats really going on to protect the profit and is talking with its wallet.
Next....