Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
I haven't caught up yet, but about the switch from EASKs to Block hours is huge! I know Virgin wasn't included, but Virgin only needs 2 Pilots for flights up to 9 1/2 hours. That means for a similar flight they already fly 1/3 less than we do. Thier block hours are already lower than hours! If AF or KLM do the same we are going to get SLAUGHTERED with this new language.
If I remember the brief correctly, it is aircraft block hours not pilot block hours - so it actually would favor us that the Europeans don't augment.
There was more about the EASK part they I can't recall.
This part definitely needs a better explanation.