Originally Posted by
brian_dromey
Unlikely. As stated upthread, initially 3, but now 2 aircraft are operated by flyBe. They are responsible for line maintenance at SEN for the G- registered aircraft. As you say, line maintenance at SEN may be unfamiliar with the aircraft - they are much less common than 737/320s. As experience improves, so should performance.
These specific aircraft registrations go tech at Dublin and other locations too. They don't just go tech at SEN. So suggesting unfamiliarity of flight crews with type or line engineers is a redundant argument. The simple issue is these three aircraft are plagued with high frequency of phantom tech problems which have resulted in persistent unreliable services on routes ranging from delays to complete cancellation of flights. Anyway, enough said, they need to be removed from the fleet and either replaced with more reliable type or switch them for completely different types. They need to be dumped from the fleet, and of.
Repeat pax business won't happen on these routes which these three specific aircraft operate. It damaged the business of SEN, Stobart Air, and Flybe. Aeroflot will be more reliable at this stage!