Originally Posted by
PilotWombat
Overall, I like it. Questions I came up with while reading it (haven't finished the NN yet, so maybe they're answered there):
- I'm cautious about AeroMexico, Latin America, and (now, potentially!) Canada being excluded, but as stated earlier, they're still covered by 1.E.
- India: "Atlantic Theater" is defined as all flying west of 90*E (all of India), but "Pacific Theater" is defined by referencing 1.B.45, which states: "flying on all routes (a) across the Pacific or Arctic ocean between North America (including Hawaii), on the one hand and Asia or Oceania, on the other hand". So is India counted as Atlantic of Pacific? -
- Block hour floors: These are nice, but what do they represent? What proportion of 2019 flying? 2022 flying? Do the hours take into account whatever growth may exist with LATAM and the new Korean Air? - Answered in the NN. 80% of 2018/19
- As stated here, what happens when a partner starts flying NB in theaters?
- What happens to the block hour floor during [choose your favorite global disaster here]? (I understand there's 2.X.13) "Circumstance over which the Company does not have control" excludes "the state of the economy", but that didn't age well with the Pacific hour block floor during COVID. What excuse did they use there? Why protections do we have against that here?
- Company can add two LAX-SYD flight pairs, allowing KLM to fly three additional AMS-JFK flights. It's one downside to using BH, but I think the NC makes a good case that the upsides far outweigh that potential downside.
India:
“Pacific Theater” means (a) Pacific Flying, as defined by Section 1 B. 45. and 2 A. 201., (b) flying on all routes between the United States and Hawaii, and (c) flying on all routes between (i) a point in the United States, and (ii)
a point that is west of longitude 145° W (excluding any points in North America) and east of longitude 90° E.
“Atlantic Theater” means flying on all routes between (a) a point in the United States, and (b) a point that is
east of longitude 30° W and west of longitude 90° E.
90E cuts through Bangladesh. India looks to be wholly Atlantic.