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Would it be legal under Irish and FAA Flight Time Limitations for U S based flight crews and cabin crew to operate from the US east coast across the Atlantic to Dublin and return again to the States, ie out & back from, say, New York?
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"Even given the thousands of out of work US pilots, wouldn't Aer Lingus expect their pay demands would exceed their Irish nationals'?"
Are you
joking?
Do you have any idea how much Aer lingus pilots make?
Some skippers are earning over 200k a year and thats euros, not to mention a pension of half that when you retire.
No airline in the US pays anything near that these days.
Are you
joking?Do you have any idea how much Aer lingus pilots make?
Some skippers are earning over 200k a year and thats euros, not to mention a pension of half that when you retire.
No airline in the US pays anything near that these days.
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I go to Ireland quite often. The 2 main strentghs of this country are the scenery and the people. Unfortunatelly it is very difficult to meet the people as they have deserted the service industry. Someone mentioned the service provided by Americans....well not in airlines. They can take lessons from most European Airlines these days.
And near to us we have Ryanair. I came back from Shannon to London on Monday. The crew was so awful from boarding to disembarking, Only one smiling girl out of the 4.None were Irish. I did not pay for that ticket as on business trip but I will never use that airline for personal purposes.
I really think that the Irish product is loosing its appeal since there is no Irish people involved.
And how the Irish government can be a shareholder accepting such idea of turning its back on its own people.
And near to us we have Ryanair. I came back from Shannon to London on Monday. The crew was so awful from boarding to disembarking, Only one smiling girl out of the 4.None were Irish. I did not pay for that ticket as on business trip but I will never use that airline for personal purposes.
I really think that the Irish product is loosing its appeal since there is no Irish people involved.
And how the Irish government can be a shareholder accepting such idea of turning its back on its own people.
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Ryanair is an Irish airline in name only and their crew are lets be honest often cheap and pretty nasty. Aer Lingus have on the occasions I have flown with them been Irish and pleasat to me at all times. Only an idiot would throw that away. So expect that to happen an y day now alas !
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Ryanair is an Irish multi-national company, probably the world's most successful airline. Aer Lingus may give a nicer customer service and is relatively successful but on a completely different scale.
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Rome is getting three of the four Prague slots as they're better for weekend break traffic, but giving up its existing slots.
An additional rotation to Paris is taking one of the Rome slots (Thursday) that it's vacating.
That still leaves slots on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. I'm not sure what happens with them. Anyone?
An additional rotation to Paris is taking one of the Rome slots (Thursday) that it's vacating.
That still leaves slots on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. I'm not sure what happens with them. Anyone?
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Recent speculation in Cork suggests that the aeroplane will be staying firmly on the ground and I have heard nothing since that contradicts the story.
Is it to be a case of the infamous Pox of Cork? Sure looks like it.
Is it to be a case of the infamous Pox of Cork? Sure looks like it.
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My information tallies with Tom the Tenor's. The plane is staying on the ground 4 nights per week untill an additional Rome flight starts in February and twice weekly Lisbon flights start in March.
If EI had opted for Frankfurt rather than Lisbon it would have been for the entire winter.
If EI had opted for Frankfurt rather than Lisbon it would have been for the entire winter.
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Some interesting rumours emerging about the shape of next year's long haul operation; LAX coming back, but apparently replacing SFO (which, if true, would be a huge surprise); interestingly, DXB tipped to come back. The latter would be very welcome, assuming the errors of the last Dubai operation can be learned. With the US economy now looking at a lengthy recession, EI really needs to look east for its long haul growth.
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I shall eat my had and matching ear warmers if EI pull off the SFO! It seems to be the star of its Open Skies expansion (Im not including MCO there cos they served it before in the past LOL) and loads would appear to be rather healthy! Also travellers are beginning to wake up to the shabby experience that is LAX and prefer to use SFO as their californian gateway!