This weeks Flight International (13-19Jan P11) reports
"Boeing looks set to introduce a modest upgrade to it's 737 family , with a new cabin design developed from the 787 reportedly making it's debut on the first of FlyDubai's aircraft towards the end of 2009."
So ,does this mean that the aircraft will be delivered in old spec and taken out of service to be upgraded ? OR , that the first aircraft delivered will be someone else's discarded orders - not to FD's chosen spec -and subsequently replaced ? OR that this venture won't now be happening as soon as originally planned ?
The 4th possibility is that Flight is talking horlocks, but I wouldn't be turning down any other job offers if they were proposed on the strength of this starting immediately. I just don't think the timing is right in Dubai, and I think the owners privately have acknowledged this whilst maintaining a brave face in their public stance.