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Global Aviator
Rated - you cannot say pilot costs count for nothing. I certainly agree in the grand scale the % cost to the operation is certainly not what they are trying to imply to Joe Public.
Sunset on Sunrise....... nah I don’t think so. If their is an aircraft capable to do it, it will happen.
Well that’s my 2.3 cents worth!!!
No, it's dead in the water, the offset they are asking from the pilot group (787 minus 10%) is approx 0.4% of the overall operating cost of the aircraft (pilot cost on the 787 is approx 3.2%). If it is that fine, it's gone. The aircraft can do it now, whether it can be done with a commercially viable load is a completely different question. Personally, I think that QF may order B77X/ A350 around 2023, as an replacement, but then again, I have been holding my breath for 10 years now. In the interim, MANAGEMENT WILL BLAME THE PILOTS FOR NOT ORDERING THE AIRCRAFT, and most likely order additional 787 for 747 capacity replacement on J/BURG etc, as possibly A330 replacement....Then again, it's been 10 years...