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A little birdie
The current A330 fleet has 210 Captains. Under the proposed A350 deal the expanded fleet needs about 320 or so. Reckon there aren’t at least 100 737 Captains that won’t jump at the chance to move to the A330/350 even if they have to do a couple of these trips per bid period? Keeping in mind that Qantas won’t need all 100 additional captains straight up. So maybe you’re talking about 50 or so for the first year.
F/O numbers are more interesting given the planned 1+2+1. If they need 50 Captains in the first year they’re going to need 100 F/Os. I still reckon they’ll get takers either from those currently on the fleet or from 737 F/Os looking for more money and less time away than they currently do on the 737.
How do those numbers stack up with the retirement of the rest of the 747’s a few A380s and 330s A-D?
I’d be guessing a gain of circa zero!
Get “expansion” out of your head. 1/2/1 just means that the FOs for aircraft 3-5 will be ready to go in year 2.