Emirhad or Ethirates?
Either way it doesn't sound right and with the various characters and egos involved at both airlines I doubt a smooth transition would take place. I've always thought that Etihad was a token airline set up with their sights firmly set on EK, just waiting to pounce when it floundered.
As far as the seniority lists are concerned it will be a mess. Some will be advantaged, many disadvantaged. There will be no union to negotiate and it will be imposed with the 'if you don't like it leave' caveat common to both airlines. One small positive however is that Etihad is still relatively small and the impact should be less on EK than if it were any bigger.
Another positive is that a strong national carrier would be created with the means at least to really weather the economic turndown and survive well into the future securing all our jobs (management withstanding).
Maybe just maybe we could also contemplate basings as the pilot workforce would swell to over 3,000... at the very least perhaps there would be some villas in Abu Dhabi for its pilots.
Interesting times.
Last edited by Marooned; 17th November 2008 at 02:55.