Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

That is the case now because they'd get further out of balance with our current JV requirements if they tried to add those heavies to the US market instead of parking them. Had we voted to change back to block hours, AF/KLM could have their big iron on those US routes because they are profitable, while we shrank to small gauge (lower paying) aircraft.

As Gunfighter said, we dodged a bullet that the Donatelli regime shot at us.

Carl