Originally Posted by
767pilot
We don't have much of either. The 767 guys fly across ourselves and then do the intra work with no tickets and no reserves other than Star and MNG who are there anyway.
Putting a domicile in Germany just isn't that easy, talk to any of our guys that live there. Anyone ready to take the German language competency test required if you want to live there for more than a few month?
What about the 747-400 & MD11 folks? What about the length of crew rest after a crossing? Do all of our pond crossing trips start and stop in domicile? I can see where it might be much more cost efficient to have a domicile than send guys across to do work.
If you were to put a domicile in a European country they might be happy as it would mean more jobs in their country (what all politicians want). That would work out to probable savings in other areas for company (tax incentives, building leases, landing fees, etc.).
Once again this is all speculation on my part and in no way infers anything approaching reality or to any one living or dead.