Originally Posted by
Anodyne
A new management come in, they look at the headline figures for the Dash, and think "Oh wow this is a great economical aircraft"..........................
all those costs have to be charged to some area of the business. Are you really suggesting that when management look at reasons why their airline is loosing money hand over fist that they don't see higher than expected costs for training, ground transport, EU-261, etc? If that truly is the case then its not the aircraft that is the problem.
Considering the signifiant ownership of Stobart and their long history of ATR operations, if the Q's really are such dogs then Im sure we will see the fleet rollover with a rag-tag selection of the finest AT7's Stobart can find. Stobart love an all-over white scheme, so I expect the E-Jets and Q's to start getting an albino look shortly.