Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
Long-haul ultra low cost just doesn't work, except in rare instances, so why are U.S. legacies able to make long haul work and pay lucrative salaries? That's what American pilots want to see more of. The rates at NAI, NAS, NUK, WTF or whatever convoluted organization it was, were abysmal especially considering the equiptment and mission....that is irrefutable, so the failure of the model, in spite of the wage suppression, is something all pilots should celebrate. I strongly doubt ALPA was lying about it being a clear case of labor arbitrage/flag of convenience. In the U.S. we also have carriers taking advantage of desperate pilots as well, cue Atlas air and much of the regional industry. Nothing is perfect anywhere but doesn't mean a justice boner isn't in order here. Nothing personal euro dudes.
Then why not the anger towards BA, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, SAS, Tui, Brussel Airlines, Edelweiss, Level, and other airlines who fly (or have recently flown) transatlantic routes to the States who have multiple AOCs, multiple layers of working conditions and contracts, contract employees, and most of all similar or even lower pay than Norwegian had? Why was Norwegian singled out? Was it because of the ALPA cartoon and their membership who find two or three paragraphs of reading to be "too complex"?