But answer me this...
Shortly after Jet got rid of the expats last time.... SWIP then had a strike, thats when the DFO was on TV showing his hatred towards SWIP etc.
Shortly afterwards the expats were contacted (who had just been let go) to come back and operate flights to reduce the effect of a strike.
I wonder about if it would not be better for Jet to set up another airline and move the longhaul flying off the Indian AOC. This would protect them on a few fronts.
They would also get instantly more traffic rights. The A330 already heavily operates out of Europe.. and as such could be transfered to "Jet Airways Europe" they could still fly to and from India, but would not be limited in the routes they do within Europe.
Much like Air Asia.. They have a colletion of AOC's for exactly this purpose.
Last edited by PT6A; 16th May 2012 at 13:52.