Originally Posted by
MickG0105
Thanks for that.
Given that certification is just one of many workstreams associated with the starting commercial jet ops in about 100 days time it would be interesting to know who Rex has got managing this at a program level. This is probably two orders of magnitude more complicated and more complex than anything Rex have had to deal with in the last decade or so.
I assisted the Tiger startup, getting up and running is one thing, however the biggest challenge is maintaining that standard, things started to crumble about 12 months in, and well, caved in, 24 months in, as we all watched on. The problems started to appear when the fleet creeped up, and good people starting leaving. Company underinvested in the training department, which couldn’t handle the fleet and people increase.
I note some from Virgin only went over on temp contracts. If/When all these people start to leave, which is common in any new startup, usually about 2 years in, can the place follow the book as good as it did on day 1?
The training and safety departments are going to be super busy. When does the ATR start arriving? I hope Sharp is ready to invest in his Pilots. Otherwise the whole place will fall over and safety bureau will be super busy.