Originally Posted by fluffyfan
Apparently SAA cargo want SAA pilots to fly the MD11 freighter, for there own reasons, the current MD11 is on wet lease but will be crewed by SAA crew before Feb2008 or else scope clause is violated and bypass pay starts getting paid to SAA crew, but looks like the powers that be have agreed to the SAA pilots crewing the freighter so hopefully no problem.
I do believe in fairies, I do , I do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The scope clause says that SAA can crew that aircraft with foreign crew to establish the route. How long does it take to entablish a route? Let me bet that it's the period of the contract.
I'll bet that the contract is for a wet lease for 24 months.
The a/c is USA registered, SAA crew can't crew it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAAPA had their head so far up their own arse ensuring that the captains could stay untill 63, that this and many other things were allowed to be passed without too much resistance. I'll bet that in Feb 2007 there will be no change, besides for the new CEO............... Oh and the venue for the mass fly past of A340's 747-400's, 319's and 737-800's in formation.