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Old 05-19-2011 | 10:21 AM
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From: Boeing Hearing and Ergonomics Lab Rat, Night Shift
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Originally Posted by johnso29
I believe that's still referring to the total cut among ALL airlines in the JV. I believe the JV requires DAL pilots to have the largest piece of the pie.
depends on how you're looking at it...

DALs share of the JV SKM (Seat Kilometers) is pegged at 50% with AFKLM sharing the remaining 50%.

AF and KLM combined have the same size pie as DAL: 50%

If there's a 10% cut in SKM that pretty much means 5% of that SKM capacity cut comes out of DALs share.
Of course a 10% cut for the JV also means a 10% cut for DAL

Alitalia was added to the JV later, not sure if they diluted the AFKLM share or increased it vs DAL.
The big question is what happens when Virgin Atlantic joins the fold...
call your reps and ask them that.

Cheers
George