Maybe this belongs over here instead of L&G:



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Originally Posted by TenYearsGone
I would think Delta would lease these "birds" back to GOL. Then GOL will use their lower paid employees/pilots to fly some joint routes.

I cant seem to get the exact figures but Gol pilots do not make a lot of money and they work a whole lot more than their US counterparts.

TEN

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After reading the latest AWST update on Latin America, I'd say we absolutely needed a partner down there. However, it's unfortunate that our management and union has groomed us to be suspicious, looking for the next way they will try to take away our flying. Could they do something like: pax buys delta.com ticket and flies:

1- DCI RJ from anywhere to ATL
2- GOL 767 from ATL to Sao Paulo
3- GOL 737 to anywhere

I'm just asking...Delta pax with 3 legs and zero on a Delta airplane? If this is contractually possible, I wouldn't be surprised to see a big GOL widebody order sometime in the future. And then ALPA will tell us that Anywhere, US to Anywhere, SA was an unprofitable market for us...we needed all that feed.