How to save a national image - was never about drivers... If anything it was more about banks, manipulating the government and populace so as to save their backsides.
The poor integration attitude of the long haulers was a factor that helped the short haulers get badly mauled. The problem is however today completely different... Just think it through.... As LH South, all are expendable as the slots can be carried across to LH if needed. Most aircraft are leased and almost instantly returnable. Also many of the routes have been wet leased and Chris's brief from the LH management... my guess would be that he was told to outsource and off shore all that he could and then make the rest implode... his golden handshake is almost certainly already safe and sound.
Who looses most ... the crews and their families ? Perhaps not because as luck would have it, drivers who are willing to move can find jobs at present; unless of course they are so Swiss minded that they would not sell their house or strike to protect their rights... (am NOT impressed abut the local sense of SOLIDARITY unfortunately).
However who really suffers most ... we the paying public and your customers, but by the time we get around to seeing things the way they really are, the situation will have gone from bad to worse and through the floor. AND THE Winner IS.... only LH, who for a song get rid of what used to be a more prestigious competitor and potentially gain a new territory.
If you don't believe - just think back and continue to watch this space, its only a matter of time.
