To answer the original question.
- LH Italia will fly on the Lufthansa AOC initially as they apply for an Italian AOC which will most likley take a while
- Will be flown by DLH Pilots initially (at least thatīs what the chiefpilot reiterated two days ago at the captainsīmeeting) - because 2009 will see downsizing at DLH mainline and result in a surplus of several hundered pilots.
This has several effects:
- It quiets the mainline folks, at least for a while.
- No need to train the pilots to "Lufthansa Standards"
- No need to pay the surplus pilots for not flying
- Takes their focus off the scope clause issue (EMB 195) and some new "arguments" into mgmts hands
Seems like a "win-win" situation within DLH mainline currently, whereas Iīm sure that as soon as the airline is established in MXP (by motivated DLH mainliners), the AOC is Italian and the pilotsīsurplus is resolved, "fresh" folks on DLH Italia contracts without mainline T&Cs will be employed.
Chief pilot also stated that the future of DLH Italia also very much depends on the development of Alitalia.
To the other German pilots boring the rest of the profession with their embarrassing rantings:
Please go back to the German forum already mentioned or even better - get a life and start to move on.
Cheers
Last edited by wonderbusdriver; 30th November 2008 at 06:56.