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Old 9th Apr 2008, 01:24
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Nichibei Aviation
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Get our of your bubble WWW.

Zulu time might be centered on the Greenwich meridian but the UK is far from being the center of the world.

UK traffic doesn't even account for 5% of Europe's total traffic, so even if the UK does bad, there will be plenty of jobs available throughout Europe.

Ezy stopped hiring in early February already, this is old news.

You fail to mention that Airbus has received firm orders for almost 400 new aircraft in the first quarter and Boeing almost 300. At this pace, they're in for another record-breaking year with the upcoming Farnborough air show.

As said before, let's follow the Alitalia case instead, 3000 pilot jobs are at stake, which can be compared to the number of cadets OAA and CTC together can supply in 5 years. The last report said that they have over 200 million of cash and that they can hold for a while longer waiting for the next government to come up with more reasonable options.
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