Originally Posted by
Beer Baron
This is why I can’t understand why people believe that not ordering the 787 was all an industrial bluff and the plane was always going to come.
Look at the proven history of what had occurred:
- Every single firm order was cancelled.
- Aircraft we had on fleet were being taken away and given to Jetstar.
- The only new long haul aircraft being ordered were for Jetstar.
- We were cancelling routes and reducing frequencies across the network.
- Pilots were being actively encouraged to go and find employment elsewhere or take voluntary redundancy.
These were not threats, this was the daily reality.
How one could stand by and say, “they won’t wind down international, it’s all a bluff”, while they were doing it right in front of your eyes baffles me.
What changed Beer Baron? Why was International saved?