The LAN-Aeroasis-Aires soap opera is getting more interesting every day, as new facts are released and the gossip starts to brew. It now looks like LAN has decided to keep all Aires staff in place and sacrifice the higher paid Aeroasis pilots. Aires pilots will undergo a series of test in order to qualify for the jet operation. Those who qualify will be sent to Airbus Miami to complete their initial A320 type rating. LAN has already reserved numerous simulator slots to start immediate training. Those who don’t meet the required criteria will be either fired or relegated to regional operations. The salaries as everybody expected will be kept the same, no pay raise for Aires staff, including pilots. Aeroasis will be shutdown, nevertheless pilots will be offered (some have already been officially notified) a job in LAN Peru. It looks now that the lower paid pilots are going to be the ones keeping their jobs in Colombia, the higher paid will have to chose between the unemployment line and the gorgeous city of Lima.