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Old 15th Aug 2018, 18:32
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Originally Posted by Hussar 54
Did we not have a discussion on here a couple of years ago about the Irish VLCC ' gaining advantage ' by registering some / all its fleet with lower gross weights in order to benefit from lower En Route Charges from Eurocontrol ?
Something similar at Southwest, perhaps ?
Really? They did it on purpose to "gain an advantage" with 66 out of over 700 of their aircraft and then suddenly changed their mind and grounded those aircraft? Excuse me if I sound a bit incredulous.
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