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Old 26th Jul 2009, 01:21
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nitty-gritty
 
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Not arguing what would make the most sense operationally, just stating how the company may try using Angolan pilots if the deal is predicated on using them and how it could be worked under the current Atlas union contract. They could just open Luanda as a F/O only base and I seriously doubt anyone in the U.S. would be interested in bidding over there including furloughed guys. Logistics of the heavy crewing could still be done in a similar way as Intruder mentioned. The F/O's get traded out on a different end to comply with the Angolan employment thing of the contract. Not very efficient I grant but if it gets the contract I can see Atlas doing it without a second thought.
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