Originally Posted by
shiznit
Others beat me to it but you keep typing and keep making a bigger fool of yourself. I guess caviar and champagne don't make you intelligent on international aviation treaties.
For you to do some homework lest you prove your foolishness once again:
Freedoms of the Air
This is an example of ICAO 3rd and 4th freedom with beyond rights.
Pax can purchase tickets SYD-LAX or SYD-JFK. Qantas is not permitted to embark passengers on the LAX-JFK.
On the return, passengers can purchase JFK-SYD tickets and LAX-SYD tickets, but Qantas may not disembark passengers after the JFK-LAX leg.
Shiznit... this is not the third grade play ground. I would assume at this point in your career, you could be able to convey your point in a more mature communicative manner.
The "Freedoms of the Air" adopted my members of ICAO during the convention held in Chicago in 1944 is of no secret to the world. International based flight attendants is a far cry from foreign based Pilots. Although Technically some already do. Cathay Pacific comes to mind. M/E carriers are considering the same to conserve certain expenses over and beyond the cost of housing.
EU carriers, such as Rynair, Easy Jet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, to name a few rely on the Ninth freedom (stand alone cabotage), making multiple stops in one country, deplaning, and boarding passengers, before proceeding to their native soil.
NAI is looking to fly across the Atlantic to various locations in the US. BA, LH, VS, AF, KLM to name a few do it now. From the article the It does not appear that NAI is looking to challenge or apply to the DOT under with the Eight or especially, the Ninth Freedoms, of Freedoms of the Air Act. Many Legacy Carriers own their own versions low cost carriers that operate throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. In other words, they are competing amongst themselves in many markets. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, part of leading European airline operator Air France-KLM, owns all the shares of Martinair Holland. Major difference is Euroland have very strong unions to protect their pilots unlike the US which are self serving amongst themselves rather than the pilot group. Even foreign investors have stakes in European Carriers. Did you know that Etihad owns over 29% of Air Berlin?
Anyway Shiznit... happy flying.