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Old 30th Oct 2020, 22:08
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Same general info I've heard, a few more gaijin departed maybe but whether terminated/not renewed or just moved on unsure, expect to have some 30 gaijin remaining on Jan 1st 2021.
Looking at skeds operating around 70% compared with 50% earlier in the year, loads around 70-75%, hoping to head towards 90% ops by end of the year.
Comment was made by a traveller that Narita was a ghost town, hard to see international starting to recover anytime soon (at least until an effective vaccine appears) hence AirJapan decision to terminate 300 gaijin, a decision it took them time to arrive at and not taken lightly one would imagine.
Have to wonder if another JAL bankruptcy scenario may play out, numbers of local pilots underutilised and maybe terminated or moved around the ANA and affiliate airlines creating more pressure on gaijin?

Anyhow for now nothing more concrete possibly until spring leading into the summer season, best of luck to those still in the game.

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