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%. There were 352 aircraft in April. If that number was to be cut by a third, over 100 aircraft will have to go. Is this not closer to the thinking of Sir Stelios a few weeks ago - or even worse than he envisaged?
Not quite, Gunard. They could quite easily reduce the number of crew required per aircraft meaning less standby cover and more crew efficiency and thus not getting rid of aircraft.