"EK will never do anything to facilitate pilots trying to create a commuting roster and there will never be basings"
..................or words to that effect.
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I think that I was at that meeting and if you substitute won't for never, it might be more accurate. Tim Clark has openly stated numerous times that there won't be basings on his watch. (At least you can't accuse him of sending mixed signals) More to the point; Tim Clark won't be here forever. If the market for pilots demands basings, you might see them in the distant future but not anytime soon.