Originally Posted by
scambo1
It isn't that they will have a US base. What they will do is enable pilots to begin and end their trips in the US while being based in Dubai. Its called split rotation or reverse rotation.
For the layman, it looks and feels like US basing.
Doesn't Cathay Pacific have an Atlanta base?
I saw a random name pop up on linkedin, the guy was a 2006 hire on the 748 for Cathay and it said based in ATL.