Old 09-08-2011, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by CzechAirman View Post
Too bad a higher paying contractor like ABX, who is already operating 767s or DHL, or Astar, who needs a bone thrown their way, didn't get that.
Quite a way back, the word was that ABX management fell out of favor a bit with DHL over the lump sum that DHL put out there for the furloughed ABX pilots. I seem to recall that the pilots had to sue the company, or threaten to sue, to get their money. The company was supposedly holding on to it and trying to find ways to keep it.

ATSG, the company that owns ABX, already got hit when BAX announced recently the cancellation other contracts with Capitol and ATI. One would think they'd get the message that it's not about pilot costs; maybe it's the way management does business.

That said, DHL also just inked a deal for Southern to operate three 777's for them on the CVG-HKG-BAH route.

Maybe what they have done is look at the financials and have concerns about ATSG's long term ability to provide cost efficient (read newer aircraft) lift. Customers like to see shiny, new, fuel efficient aircraft and maybe what DHL is doing is spreading out their exposure among carriers instead of putting all the eggs in ATSG's basket.

Who knows...
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