Originally Posted by
scambo1
I'm sure he got that. He just doesn't get how the least expensive skyteam provider (us) is the one that is always relinquishing the flying...or so it seems.
Maybe we should be the most expensive, then we would grow like gangbusters.
I understand the angst. It has to do with the ESK limits in the JV. That whole 1 380 equates to 3 767's thingie.....
The way the JV is worded we get killed on the pilot block time on the down side. Just killed. On the upside, which we have not seen in full swing, we should grow 2/3's as fast as the AF block hrs.
The other part of this falls under unintended consequences. They are paid more, a lot more, not take home pay, but total cost per pilot to the company, and it behooves them to have less of their pilots fly more of the big metal. Add in the fact that AF gets the benefit of the import-export bank, and our future is not in the biggest wide bodies but in jets of 330 size and lower. Currently this is the case within the AF JV, but if we are not careful we will see the same results in Asia.
Suffice to say, I want DALPA to have to approve all JV's, alliances, CPA's and code share agreements.