Looks like I'll be eating my words so. Apologies folks.
It makes sense I guess even from a staffing point of view i.e. If one of the fuel stoppers goes tech they can look after pax, and with no 5th freedom being sought the US carriers can't get annoyed.
It'll skew the pax from Africa stats and to the states and Canada, as in they'll be counted as arriving AND departing even though nobody will have joined or left the onward flight, but then the same thing happens with BA in SNN, PIA in MAN etc.
Last edited by Una Due Tfc; 14th Apr 2015 at 09:33.