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Certainly if the crew hotel is under fire than there is not choice other than to cancel flights. However, if the hotel your crew stays in is not involved than I really don't see an issue.

And yes, it's easy to talk "big" until you're under fire. But that's just my point. The terrorist event is over. There is no fire.

Imagine if airlines pulled out of Tel-Aviv every time there was a terrorist event.

I don't fault Delta for doing what they have to given the circumstances, but at the same time I don't think it's reckless for CAL, BA, Swiss, or any other airline to resume service.

Not quite true. Part of the terrorist group was not caught or killed...
 
Apparently, the incident is over.

However, since a crew hotel is out of action for a while, I wonder how long it'll take them to get a crew in place so that they can resume opns...
 
I honestly don't see the big deal in sending crews back to Mumbai. The terrorist attack has been isolated to one hotel and that appears to have come to an end.

Did CAL and DAL pull out of Madrid, London, New York, or even Oklahoma City after major terrorist attacks? At what point is it safe to return?

Imagine if every airline pulled out of Mumbai for a week or two; what message does this send the terrorists? What about those in the US who desperately want to get back to India to see family involved in the shootings?

Personally, I wouldn't want to fly to Mumbai right now. But if it were on my line, I'd do it.

The difference between Madrid, London, etc. and BOM is that BOM was a fluid situation and as of last night (Rome time) they were still in a standoff at the Taj. Combine that with the fact that the State Department recommends no traveling to BOM for 48 to 72 hours so if it were on my line I would say "pound sand!" Call it following the masses if you will but I'd much rather not stick out in a situation like this.

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CAL 757FO= 6 crossing a month for less then $6000 a month...



Or in my case CAL 756 FO = 10 weeks with only 2 hours of flying sitting on reserve at home in Houston while making an extra $7k doing other stuff.

Hmm... does not sound that bad to me. Let me guess, you commute and compalin about it. Please, go to DAL or FedEx.
 
CAL 757FO= 6 crossing a month for less then $6000 a month...



Or in my case CAL 756 FO = 10 weeks with only 2 hours of flying sitting on reserve at home in Houston while making an extra $7k doing other stuff.

Hmm... does not sound that bad to me. Let me guess, you commute and compalin about it. Please, go to DAL or FedEx.

Funny, I know 2 people off the top of my head that left CAL for DAL. Pretty sad when you have folks leaving "The Most Admired Airline" for another airline, says a lot for our contract. Life is good for you to hell with everyone else, now that's unity!
 
Funny, I know 2 people off the top of my head that left CAL for DAL. Pretty sad when you have folks leaving "The Most Admired Airline" for another airline, says a lot for our contract. Life is good for you to hell with everyone else, now that's unity!

Add another one to that list!
 
I know 4 people that left CAL for DAL. Good for them, I say go. I could care less.

I would not want DAL's contract ever. I do not like their reserve system.
 
The airport was a target, but the terrorists' cab driver got lost and blew up while waiting for a stop light:
The flyover outside the domestic airport in Mumbai and a taxi driver’s unfamiliarity with the new slip route to the terminal perhaps went a long way in averting a major disaster that could have taken the toll into hundreds on Wednesday night itself. Shortly before the terrorists moved into their targets in South Mumbai, a black and yellow taxi, with three passengers and enough ammunition to bring down a dome, sped in the direction of the airport. Instead of taking a slip road that would have taken the passengers straight to the airport, the driver took the flyover which bypassed the airport, only to get stuck at a red light.

At rush hour, the lights stayed red for long, at which the passengers berated the driver and asked him to cut the traffic lights. The driver moved on, but the wait turned out to be a minute or two too long. The car exploded. All that was found was a severed head and parts of three human legs. Had the terrorists' plans of coinciding a blast at the airport with the attacks on the Taj and Oberoi hotels succeeded, the death toll of 26/11 would have been much bigger than it already is.
 

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