swiss air + CRX Air = (swiss-lx)=0

[finalschecks]

Smaller aircrafts generate smaller revenue, and therefore pilots on smaller aircraft have smaller salaries.

Interesting point studi,

here some facts .

- In former crossair a MD-80 pilot earned the same as a ERJ-pilot.
- In former swissair a A319 pilot earned the same as a MD11-hero.

here some mysteries :

- MD80 is bigger than A319 but their captains earn less than A319 copilots.
- ERJ and MD80 fly a bigger network than the A320 but their captains earn less than A320 copilots.

Still a lot of ex-swissair people can't stand the fact that ex-crossair people want the same philosophy, so the same conditions in the same company for what is basically the same work.


779896,

If you have a network with marginal traffic or marginal prices you have to have a less expensive operation.

If you are a longhaul pilot, you must have been shocked that A.Dose revealed that most of the money was made on the european network, NOT on the longhaul-part with its huge costs and its small profit margin.

Be assured my fight is not with ex-SR people (unless if they are arrogant and patronizing) but with our managment.

Peace man.

[flysr4ever]

Not sure what the consequences of this will be for the pilots but I am sure it is of interest:

***quote from ATI***

Swiss to replace A319 with ERJ195

Swiss International Airlines has confirmed that it will almost
certainly be phasing the Airbus A319 out of its fleet in favour of
the Embraer ERJ-195. CEO Andre Dose has previously made clear that he has grave doubts about the economics of the A319 compared to the new Brazilian regional jet.

And today the airline says its order for 70-seat ERJ-170s and 108-
seat ERJ-195s is intended to replace all the current short-haul fleet comprising: 19 BAE Systems Avro RJs, 28 Saab 2000s, and seven A319s.

It says: "These aircraft types are to be replaced by a uniform, newly developed aircraft family for short-haul and regional flights - ERJ-170s and ERJ-195s." The programme begins next year and should be completed in mid-2007.

Seven Boeing MD-80s remaining in the charter fleet will be replaced by A320s as planned, and the 13 Boeing MD-11s will make way for A340-300s now on order.

Dose says Swiss secured lease terms ensuring that it can hand back the A319s and MD-11s as required, but he concedes that offloading the Saab 2000s and Avro RJs in the current market will be challenging.

"We have agreed the MD-11 leases to take into account the A340s, and with the A319s we have the capability to reduce that fleet if we need to and some will be replaced by the ERJ-195s in 2006.

"We have exposure to the Saab 2000s and a limited exposure on the RJs," he says. The remaining few Saab 340s have virtually all been leased out.

***(unquote)***

[DouglasFlyer]

Hi flysr4ever

Thanks for the information.

I'm pretty sure that you know the date when this information was published by ATI.

Thanks in advance