Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Well it certainly was not crew wages that drove them into administration.
You don't think Boeing might have put their own spin on the cost analysis, you know, to make it look like a good idea to buy new aircraft that are maybe 5% more fuel-efficient than the old aircraft? Not saying they're wrong, but a lot of those figures are hugely variable, non-standardised costs.
Wages for example. Same in USA, Russia, South America, China? Fuel - same price in Dubai as Kalgoorlie? Leasing rates - same in 1989 as in 2019?