Originally Posted by
b787q300
Is this actually happening or just a pipe dream?
Pipedream.
First question has to be why would they.
If the answer even starts along the lines of 'because of crewing' then Id counter with saying there are probably more JC
not trying to go to mainline than who are.
Nor do I dont think many JC crew are interested in living in Oz. Most logically I suspect the scheduling of trans tas flights with JC crew is alot easier wrt to the early morning departures and rest requirements with NZ based crew (suspect - I have nfi of either operators FRMS or eba requirements in that regard).
The only iota of truth could be that the 737 ceases the tasman flying and the 321s don't see enough orders beyond the intial 20 to operate the Tasman (220s anyone?)
That might ultimately negate the need for JC - who will then be offered redeployment within the group - as we saw with Jetstar regional.
Any of that would be 2030+ stuff and this is Qantas were talking about so there is no way they would have thought that far ahead.