Actually, you did.
Now compare your population figures with the gross national product (quick calculation, abbreviated to 2 digits, same source for all):
Switzerland: 66
Austria: 53
Belgium: 48
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Actually, you did.
Now compare your population figures with the gross national product (quick calculation, abbreviated to 2 digits, same source for all):
Our politicians are more interested in fighting between regions than standing together for a better and stronger Belgium on the international scene. That's the image we send elsewhere, I'm afraid.Boavida wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 16:15
The treatment of SN by LH is (compared to the way they treat LX and OS), I'm afraid, an example of how Germans look to Belgium: we're "quantité négligeable", a country with no national identity (they wrongly think), a country that can be tossed around without the slightest bit of respect.
To assess the economic state of a country you need to look at the GDP per capita, not the total GDP.Boavida wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 18:30So what is your point?
Btw:
GDP Belgium: 492.7 billion USD (2017)
GDP Austria: 416.6 billion USD (2017)
GDP Switzerland: 678.9 billion USD (2017)
Could that little side-job be a mind-opener? We can pray but I doubt it very much.Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 04:30IATA announced that Carsten Spohr, Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa, will serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors from June 2019, following Al Baker’s (Qatar Airways) term.
Good for him, but the real driving force behind IATA remains its CEO, former Air France KLM Chairman Alexandre de Juniac.Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 04:30IATA announced that Carsten Spohr, Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa, will serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors from June 2019, following Al Baker’s (Qatar Airways) term.
Contrary to you, I have never spoken to Carsten Spohr. Hence I cannot say, contrary to you, that he is narrow minded indeed. But I cannot imagine that Lufthansa would appoint a narrow minded guy as CEO. And I cannot imagine that IATA would elect a narrow minded guy as President.convair wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 08:22
Could that little side-job be a mind-opener? We can pray but I doubt it very much.Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 04:30IATA announced that Carsten Spohr, Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa, will serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors from June 2019, following Al Baker’s (Qatar Airways) term.
Narrow minded or not is obviously a subjective judgment. I never met him either and have no reason to make him a hero. As many here, I can only observe that, in his quest for making his pet-project EW successful, he seems ready to do anything, including to crush SN, but not only SN: he's even allowing EW to compete with flagship LH on important routes. That does look a bit messy, doesn't it?Passenger wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 09:27Contrary to you, I have never spoken to Carsten Spohr. Hence I cannot say, contrary to you, that he is narrow minded indeed. But I cannot imagine that Lufthansa would appoint a narrow minded guy as CEO. And I cannot imagine that IATA would elect a narrow minded guy as President.convair wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 08:22
Could that little side-job be a mind-opener? We can pray but I doubt it very much.Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 04:30IATA announced that Carsten Spohr, Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa, will serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors from June 2019, following Al Baker’s (Qatar Airways) term.
Are they competing or are the flights complementary? If there is a need for additional flights between MUC and FRA, which are operated at a lower cost by EW is that competition or or a strategy to reduce cost and increase profit? Or are these flights just operated, whilst being unprofitable, to discourage other companies to start operating it?
Good question of course. LH group could have decided to add those complementary flights under the LH brand and allow EW to sell cheaper tickets on them as a code-share operator with a different level of service I.s.o. ostensibly undermining the higher-quality brand.Poiu wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 19:28Are they competing or are the flights complementary? If there is a need for additional flights between MUC and FRA, which are operated at a lower cost by EW is that competition or or a strategy to reduce cost and increase profit? Or are these flights just operated, whilst being unprofitable, to discourage other companies to start operating it?
Mwa, 'poor conditions'... Compared to other sectors they might still be interesting, but less interesting than working for legacy carriers.
Did I say so?
Pilots, yes. And that's why I'm saying you're probably not very picky about an employer when you have a loan to pay for. I haven't said that lower wages compared to LH is no problem, like you seem to imply. It's merely a reason why anyone would work under submarket conditions...