Anyone with a BAe 146/AVRO RJ rating has probably had a phone call by now, from some agency or other recruiting for Cityjet. This due to Cityjet acquiring 17 or so RJs from Mesaba in the USA.
Apparently the Irish CAA has now decided that it is perfectly OK to allow the Mesaba crews to follow their aircraft to Ireland and fly around Europe, under what is little more than a flag of convenience.
Naturally, Irish (or European) pilots would never be allowed reciprocal rights.
I see this as a dangerous precedent, particularly as the US is so agressively protectionist.
Discuss...
