Or have one of those idle a320s come and get the passengers. (Not ideal but not a game changer-stopper).
Really?
How's that going to work with a 787-load of passengers, not to mention the usual customs and immigration crap they'd all need to go through before QF or whoever tried to get them all on board [quote]
one of those idle a320s
FFS
A 9 out of 10 effort for the exploding Havana Cigar award on that one ES.