Originally Posted by
Gurnard
Not entirely unexpected, but it's news we don't want to hear.
Back in April (earlier on this thread) it was stated there were plans to reduce the fleet by 3-14% over the next 18 months. But if a third of UK-based pilots are at risk of redundancy then surely the fleet will shrink by far more than 3-14%.
to what extent could there be opportunity to re-deploy aircraft and crew to gatwick from stansted and luton as three of the biggest operators there are in retrenchment mode?
i also wonder to what degree EZY might go to lengths to counter the Wizz threat at Gatwick - is cutting the two weakest London bases strategic in order to fuel their ability to do this?