Or just have them painted in CX colours, and have the cheaper crews fly them under a wet lease agreement. Just like the Australian A/Ls Qantas agreement. KA are already operating wet lease agreements for other airlines in the local industry, why wont KA management put in a bid to do the CX flying? Anything stopping them?? Is there anything stopping jetstar or Australian Airlines doing Qantas mainline flying? No.Wont be anything stopping it happening in the harbour either.
CX management will cry they cant afford to free up any pilots from CX, they dont have enough as it is, they may even have to hire direct entry FOs off the street, or let KA do it. The training department is over stretched as it is. Sound familiar?
The only thing that might stop it would be pilot solidarity, but as that has only ever happened once, when the Wright Brothers decided to work together, and hasn't been seen in our industry since. The fight is over before the first shot was ever fired.
Enjoy your Aussie overnights KA, brush up on your ETOPS.
