Whoop whoop,
-The MD83 at Crossair was also operating line flights (schedule) for Swissair: Baku and Yerevan ( SRxxxx flight not a LXxxxx). Dublin was also operated by the MD after the Thessalonique split. The "Tour de Suisse": GVA-ZRH-BSL-ZRH-GVA, all SRxxx flights.
-When LX and SR merged for Swiss the MD pilots claimed the same salary and benefits from SR. SR pilots claimed that it's more complicated to operate a bus than a MD and that we were REGIO pilots. But SR was operating the MD before right?
So what is it? The size of the A/C (MD with 156 seats), the routes (GVA-KEF with oceanic procedure is a REGIO flight?, ZRH-Sharm is REGIO as well as Yerevan?), the range? .... LX MD pilots gained a few bucks there but we were still segregated and that was confirmed by court.
- Yes we had a cool schedule on the MD but we had also double nights charters: Egypt followed by KEF, two red eyes night in a row. But how cool was it compared to a MD11 or longhaul and for how much difference in salary?
- Speaking of salary could we open the books and check the difference in pension fund between an ex LX and a SR guy? We were not treated equally that's for sure.
-Mr Bruggisser did what he did as well as Super Mario, but stop spitting on LX folks. He drove SR in that situation and we've payed a high price for this: Swiss citizens put 2 billions out of their taxes for Swiss, and YES SR folks accepted 35% cuts on some benefits, but it makes a whole difference if it's 35% out of 100000CH for your pension fund or 15% out of 7000 CH. Anyway Justice will decide for Ph. Bruggisser.
Fortunetly there is Easy Jet and there SR and LX folks are coming intelligent enought to understand that they are sharing the same passion: Flying and I like that, we are pilots, not politicians.
"Power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it"
Last edited by bauduin_alex; 4th May 2006 at 18:46.