Delta mounts legal challenge to Emirates

[boxjockey]

Pretty biased article. Many issues involved and worthy of a fight for DL and all Western carriers in my opinion. Is it right for a company to be "competitive" using ultra low wage third country nationals? Another state sponsoring the hoped for demise of local carriers? The end result would be to destroy the standard of living of the home country employees as their airlines try to compete with a state sponsored entity that uses low priced employees for various areas of the world.

Luckily the US carriers are profitable, the US is getting ready to turn off the Mideast oil spigot, and US carriers should soak up many of the world's available qualified pilots. A couple years ago this may have turned out differently when the US carriers were on their backs.

MWHHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! So wait, other US companies don't us these people either? Where does Delta do a lot of their MX? In Hong Kong at HAECO? Yeah, they sure cost as much as engineers and mechanics in the US!!! Gravy!!!

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[fareview]

The Shale boom will benefit everyone. Rising tides...

Again, Dubai has no oil.

fv

 

[General Lee]

MWHHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! So wait, other US companies don't us these people either? Where does Delta do a lot of their MX? In Hong Kong at HAECO? Yeah, they sure cost as much as engineers and mechanics in the US!!! Gravy!!!

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Box,

DL uses their own facilities most of the time. There may be some outside work, but DL does heavy MX work for a lot of other companies as well. The huge MX hanger in ATL always has a few interesting other paint schemes in there.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Varmint]

Is it right for a company to be "competitive" using ultra low wage third country nationals?

Emirates pays the going wage in the US and every other country they fly to as do all US carriers.

I am sure Delta or United don't fly to Dubai and offer to pay the ground staff 5 times the going wage because you or anyone else thinks that it's the right thing to do. The same thing occurs in India and most of Asia and Africa.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Delta has 88 717's coming...everyone's argument is invalid.

 

[Ex737Driver]

$13,000 a month to fly a 777 as a CA international and probably gone 20 days? I make that as FO in 15 days flying to LBB in a corndog .

But...but...but...what about the smokin-hot FA's? Aren't they the real reason US pilots go to work there?

 

[fareview]

He's talking about India with his $13000 per month.

EK pilots package is worth considerably more.

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[Ty Webb]

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EK pilots package is worth considerably more.

fv

Sez who? Mrs. EK Pilot?

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