Bahrainlad
Get your head out of the camel's toush and inform yourself on the Concorde operation. Then you'll know you don't do a turn around in JFK.
Guv
I've been meaning to ask you for a while: What do you actually do for living ?
Your post on another thread about how drastically pilots pay was going to be reduced, although a bit chilling, was most amusing. Wishfull thinking my pet !
The best bit though was SAS taking over other airlines. This one really made my wooden horse roll on its back. Quite a sight !
As to abolishing seniority ? Guv, wake up. The airlines have a lot more to gain with seniority, not the pilots. Were they not losing so much by leaving, pilots would be moving around like crazy.
You are obviously not that familiar with safety, so let me enlighten you a tat. It's by leaning on stable pilot's force that you ensure compagny safety culture will be safeguarded. Do you think Emirates would have made it despite all its limitless cash ? It's attracted well trained and motivated professionals and given them salaries, carreer prospects and working conditions to make them want to stay.
I think I've got Prince Maktoum fax number somewhere. He could teach you a thing or 2, like how to get an airline started for one thing.
By the way, 15 % pay cut ? Sure 85 % is better than zilch, but you want to have a little reminder in the contract that it comes back to ante once the crisis is over. Lufthansa pilots had that in their 1992 contract and it took them quite a lot of energy to get it back.
Guv
I was tossing between litlle dwarfs with a windmill and a mouldy 1011 for my garden. What do you think ? Would be great for the kids.
[ 13 October 2001: Message edited by: wallabie ]