Originally Posted by
LostWanderer
That is what I was wondering about, is there some assurance that the 717s won’t be flown by the stood down and potentially redundant mainline drivers of soon to be retired or long grounded fleets? None of the articles seem to be very clear on what sort of “entity” will actually fly them in the future.
The transaction and ongoing operation is no different to when Qantas bought Network. Qantas have purchased the Cobham business unit "National Jet Systems" which holds the B717 AOC and employs the crew who operate them.
There will be some jiggery pokery behind the scenes excising any relevant CAMO/Operations/Safety/Quality functions from shared departments within Cobham.
What happens going forward with Cobham Engineering support at various bases will have to be figured out as well.