Originally Posted by Atrasaty

I don't think that is what he is claiming. Rather if you want to crew your airline in the medium to long term, for the first time in history you are going to have to pay market value for those crewmembers regardless of whose name is on the waybill. It will literally become a matter of survival for some carriers and if they can't generate the revenue to pay a fair rate they will suffocate due to the exodus of crew to those that can and will pay.