Ahh, the point of view you have heard from your leadership, so it must be true??
Let's see. Ask the folks at China Airlines. They had no cargo operation before we showed up, or Qantas, or Emirates or Air New Zealand or China Southern. All company's that didn't want to mess with all cargo until Atlas gave them an option to put their toes in the water without major investments. China now operates a large fleet of 747-400's on their own, all owed to Atlas showing them how. Emirates now has an order in for their own 747-8's to run their own operation. Qantas just extended their contract out six more years. Not TAKING a single pilot job because they never had a all cargo operation to begin with.
As far as taking jobs, normally when we show up, the company is trying new markets that they normally wouldn't try. We give them the ability to test markets before spending huge capital for maybe a dead end.
As far as flying other peoples freight, look no further than Polar. Someone was flying between your city pairs before you showed up, so the cargo is actually theirs (by your way of thinking), so your doing the same thing. Freight forwarders go between carriers all the time. Deal with it....
When Polar took the first bribe to extend your contract for 18 months for 3 1/2 %, the whole process was set in motion. Cato and company knew they had us where they wanted us.....again, deal with it.
Last edited by WhaleDriver; 11th December 2007 at 20:45.