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Old 18th Feb 2015, 02:40
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Remember though, a lot of these profits were earned on the backs of minimum wage earners at places like Swissport, Delta Global Services, Simplicity, Republic, Endeavor, GoJets etc. I'm not saying its worse than what Emirates does, just saying a lot of people had to suffer through crap wages, no work rules, sick time etc.

Routes once flown by 727s and DC-9s were flown for decades by SF340s, CRJ-200s, RJ-85s, E-145s and we've now graduated to CRJ-900s and E-170s flying from hub to hub at as low as 25% the cost. They even went as far as to shut down Comair to break morale and keep they're regional partners in check.

Not a hater of DL at all, I'd love to work there. But you can't deny the truth. For an actual DL pilot life is far better than EK. For a DL connection or Shuttle employee? Pretty much Emirates QOL and Sked with some of the politics and literally 25-50% the pay.
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