Originally Posted by
jdt30
I heard that rumor also. CAL will just want us to promise our first born, keep pbs, and give up more pay when section 6 comes around. I do agree that it will be more profitable than NGO. Considering BA is flying empty 777s to IAH it doesn't sound like we'll have much competition.
The IAH-London Market is a huge money maker, that is the reason IAH along with DFW were announced as the first two cities that BA changed to LHR. I doubt BA is flying Empty, they do a IAH-ORD-LHR just to tap into the IAH-LHR market. I know our 2 LGW flights are full and I bet BA's are to.
LHR slots were the main contention CAL was against open skies two years ago, because without them our IAH-LGW would die on vine. Some changes were made in this new agreement that allowed us to make sure we got the slots we wanted to compete.