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Old 06-09-2015 | 03:37 PM
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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.
This too. While this is the mother of all panic cord issues, I'm still in disbelief that we could have agreed to something like this and why? Maybe it comes down to the definition of is or something. But I'm only seeing a huge downside.
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