Originally Posted by
cni187
What's the government going to do about raising the bar on the quality of Delta's product? Emirates has a far superior product and everyone knows it. We should be focusing on this and not crying over the fact that Emirates is flying this route. Just had a layover in Las Vegas where the Pilots and FA's both went to the hotel. In the lobby we see a British Airways crew, where the Flight attendants were all wearing skirts and jackets and hats. They all still looked uniform and sharp. One of our FA's started to make fun of them and say how she was NWA and they never wore their hats and blah blah blah. Well this FA was older and disheveled and looked a mess. I just bit my tongue. Sad when every international carrier I see looks sharp and professional. Any American carrier looks like they just fell out of bed.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
Don't let the shiny cabin product fool ya, Emirates is a low cost carrier operating as a legacy. They have very low labor cost due to a melting pot of reasons. The fact their pilots fly 90+ hours a month and most have 10-12 days off a month contribute to that. I'm sure Delta would gladly upgrade its cabin product in exchange for Emirates labor costs.
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