Dune,
I think you are right about this being "two" airlines, and I stand by my last year of work. But as noted, this is all changing now with Mr. Ed's email. So to all those reading these posts about time off and all........disregard my last post. Look to Dune's to be the correct answer to the way things are now. Past performance does not reflect future "earnings". And truely, don't even think that there will be out of country basings. If for no other reason, you think EK would ever give up a revenue seat to deadhead a half dozen pilots to work? Practically every flight out of JFK is always overbooked. And if they did, would you want to ride in the back for 14 hours sitting in a middle seat among 303 other of your closest compadres?