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Old 3rd Oct 2008, 16:47
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pcm
 
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Lavantes, you should be thanking companies like Sunwing for Saving your job. How long in this market do you think your company would last only flying 6 months a year? Do you think the aircraft are free during the winter when your not flying them? The partnership between North American carriers and European Carriers is a perfect mesh. If you want to protect your job by kicking out those that are saving you help yourself.

If in fact Sunwing took over the lease payments on your aircraft you should also be thanking them. Your company is no longer on the hook for them and they are being flown 12 months a year now.

No one is making money off the pilots by undercutting wages. Take the pay for a sunwing pilot, add the per-diem, housing, cars and you will come up with a figure very close to your pay and per-diem.

Stop being short sighted and look at the bigger picture. We both need each other to keep a competitive edge over the competition.
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