I was in FRA this afternoon and listened a group of VC men and women. Motivation to show teeth is mainly for job survival as LH plans to use lower scaled paid pilots from foreign subsidiaries to slowly take over main routes . This has already started in LH cargo. The first batch of dismissed existing pilots could be for later this year already.
Outsourcing abroad is something that could hit all of us one day or the other. Fighting against that is also in our long term interest , so, the timing and the method might be discussable , but the aim is clear and for that I wish them good luck and success.