Clipperskip
Your last message was a breath of fresh air, instead of a rather biggoted tirade.
I have been connected with freighting for several years and with EAT / DHL Air / Air Contractors in particular, and in all those companies the DHL management communications has been extreemly poor, you are only suffering under a certain management style which manifested itself since DPWN bought DHL.
Your job and those of other DHL contractors, which is how DPWN see their airline employees, are all at risk.
At risk because the shareholders come first, and maximising of profits is the mantra to which senior managers in DPWN pray.
Loss making enterprises do not last long in the scheme of things for the masters in Bonn, neither do airlines who even when profitable do not achieve their targets, or reliability of dispatch.
As for operating inside the USA that too will come with the openskies agreements, for if there is not a level playing field the EU will withdraw from the agreement, and all will be worse off.
An EU MP stated recently that if the rules were not the same for everybody it would be relatively easy to stop UPS flying N reg aircraft within Europe stopping them at the first point of entry.
Now I dont wish to start a debate on the rights or wrongs of openskies so lets not go down that road.
I am sorry that your job is treatened, I do not like to hear of any pilot being put out of work, on either side of the pond, but the same applies here in Europe.
If a pact with the devil saves jobs then bring him on.
As to WhaleFR8
I have many years in the European industry (30+) and many thousands of hours on Boeing equipment including the 767 so my comments are based on firm knowledge and connections.
The front runner for the B767 a few weeks ago was a US carrier, but like in all of aviation when the wind changes there is a new plan, and the European carriers are now in the forefront.
In this forum there are those who know who I am and they have no need for me to prove my credentials, I stand on my experience and merit.