I find it difficult to comprehend the unprecedented scale of this climbdown by PW. Did he really miss such an obvious showstopper as "doesn't apply to non-UK registered aircraft". WHAT!!
All that work and time taken to plan (sic) courses, Fleet numbers, etc etc and all because the AOA introduce a fast swerver that hasn't been adequately considered by GMA and his team.
Good luck explaining that one to the Swire Group let alone to your Senior pilots (hardly any of whom are in the AOA.)
Only a Company scared of something makes a point of unnecessarily doubling the profit share and backing away from their own plan in such a humiliating way.
What would that be I wonder?
Not short of crews are we perchance???