>Are you seriously trying to say that if >Delta or American Airlines wished to set up >and run
>a freight subsidiary from JFK for 5 years >with British owned and crewed aircraft they
>would be allowed to? Dream on.
>ShotOne,
>There would not be much point in doing that, >for American to set up a British crewed
>company, since it is more cost effective, >read cheaper, for them to use an american
>company. The other point is that Americans >union would not go along with it. Whether
>there is a federal ruling concerning this >topic, I honestly do not know.
In response to the above, a couple of points. Non-U.S. operators could do sub-contract, but I expect not on domestic routes, just international ones, 3rd, 4th and 5th freedom stuff.
Next, I would remind you that the international code-share that all the U.S. major pax carriers do amounts to the same thing anyway!