morno - I try to keep my ear to the ground. Am interested to see what others can add to the topic.
Icarus - that's the reason I've heard. I saw the VA sim roster about a month ago which showed buggerall excess availability - something like 2 hours excess per week or per month, I can't remember. Apart from that it was flat out. I know TT sent a lot of pilots to Miami for their initial type rating.
Have either of you, or any others, got any other reason why an airline would give away in excess of $6m per annum, when the groups books heavily feature red already, for employees to sit at home doing nothing?
Or any of my other questions?