Double Standards
Having worked for an execjet operator all my aviation career, i worked for a firm that had the same setup as AP now have for a while and AP would not touch us with a bargepole. I like the people that work there and have had some great relationships with them when working in that sector but fact remains like any large organistation, the people at the top know what is happening and all the guys below just think they are on to the best thing since sliced bread when they are just a small cog in the machine.
AP seem and want to do and dictate when and what they want and i cant knock them for that, it is the sign of a dynamic company but they have now acted and others, money permissable, need to follow suit. AP have had operators in their pocket for a long time, mostly through the promise of increased business, sometimes it appears sometimes it does not but mark my words this is the first event that will change the dynamics of this industry forever......