Good one, mmmbop, but many of the pilots involved are still pilots. But not one of the companies involved exists today...
EK and their sandpit cohorts have lots of airframes on the way; they've got to crew them somehow, and my bet is they will eventually be dragged kicking and screaming into better conditions for their pilots and/or basings . I remember early days in Cathay Pacific: 'basings?...nah, never happen'.
Cathay have had based crew now for about a decade.
Last edited by Captain Dart; 8th Jun 2010 at 07:07.