Hi MTOW,
I believe the rumor is not correct. Etihad has signed a deal for contract pilots last week, and it appears the guys will be based in SYD and fly the SYD-AUH-JFK route. Another managment error. Instead of raising the conditions for the present ones, they are hireing expensive pilots that will upset all of us.
How long they will stay is not clear to me, as the company didn't published anything yet, but it definitely suc..
This will certainly see more FO's leaving the company despite the new package, as commands will once more be postponed, and still no new airplanes ordered...
Zick