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Old 12-11-2012, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29 View Post
Hard to say. DALPA must still negotiate the LOA for the JV. The AF/KLM/Alitalia JV has Delta pilot's with 50% of the flying and the other 50% is split between AF/KLM/Alitalia.



You can't say this yet, as the LOA for the JV has yet to be released.
How many flights does Delta do between the U.S and the U.K right now and how many flights does Virgin do between the U.S. and the U.K. right now? Whatever that ratio is will most likely be what the JV will have as a base ratio. I would imagine that any future growth would be split 50/50.

Going forward that would be a win for Delta pilots because if we maintain the current ratio we don't lose anything and without this JV we would most likely not have any future growth into Heathrow. As a corporation we absolutely need this to compete with AA/BA. And $360 million is a steal to own half of Virgin!
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