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Old Aug 24, 2008, 8:51 am
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tbk06
 
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Originally Posted by El_Duderito
I wonder if this will affect LH Cityline (as does tbk06). Cityline folks apparently earn 20% less than LH mainline staff and this caused the strike a few weeks ago ... Getting rid of the LH Cityline staff ... and AB at the same time would be a brilliant move.
I'm not sure about Cityline. The main (financial) prob are not the Cityline/Eurowings pilots, but the main liners. If we could have a look into their contracts we would start crying immediately... But LH has a chance to put pressure on the unions with a new market player/competitor. AB never was one. And a ragpicker for AB will appear in Germany within next twelve months that's for sure (I suppose they are already here).

Originally Posted by El_Duderito
I hope the M&M affiliations will still exist in the future, at least for award redemption. How many routes would M&M customers loose if they cannot book Condor award destinations anymore?
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As I prefer LH F on award flights I do not care about Condor.
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