"thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote in message

> Irrelevant. Total crew costs for JALways is less than JAL, as published by
> JAL in annual reports and media releases.

 And ? All airlines companies give different salaries to staff according to
the country where the staff live. A flying attendant explained me he
received 30% more if he was based in Tokyo rather than in Geneve. There was
no relation with his nationality that was neither Swiss nor Japanese.

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