411- this is something you have been flogging to death. It's beginning to sound as hollow as "United about to declare Ch11" (running for months, several separate guises, and blow me, United are STILL NOT THERE!. The we have "MyTravel in trouble"........er.....still waiting!). The low costs in Europe are doing well, but the majors are coming back. We are seeing strong signs of recovery in BA, LH and KLM. Your solution to their problems seems to hinge on 'Pilots (and Cabin Crew) remunerating themselves too much'! Well the history of low costs goes back to People Express, Braniff, Laker, Air Europe. They can shine intensely, but the trouble is they extinguish as quickly as they come up. Their problem is long term survivability.
Wanna know what I think? I'll just keep doing my best at my job, and hope that REPORTING POINTS keeps to its function as "Rumours and News that may affect our jobs or lives as professional pilots"! Don't you think a general chin-wag like this is better confined to QUESTIONS or AIRCREW NOTICES? Then when I log on in an internet cafe in Bangkok or Caracas, I don't wait 30 seconds for a rather unimportant discussion on already flogged to death items FINALLY displays itself when what I am after is something NEWSWORTHY and INTERESTING!
MODERATOR- Please put a lock on this or move it elsewhere. 411 shudda known better to use Reporting Points as it is defined. Accessing RP downroute can be like using a 2400bps modem- painful. In places like that, you only go to RP, and to be subjected to personal opinions and irrelevancies like this that take 30 seconds to load is putting even me off now!