Originally Posted by
TBL Warrior
Ah yes, the eagerly anticipated order of narrow-body jets continues to linger, hinting at potential obstacles posed by industry limitations has undoubtedly resulted in the cold truth of reality meeting expectations. Regardless of one's financial strength, it's impossible to bypass the lengthy queue of an aircraft order backlog that stretches into the thousands. One might be able to get some MAX’s quicker, but do you really want the hassle of that junk?
Lastly, the entire scenario seemingly resembles a sociological study more than anything else. The conspicuous absence of any details regarding compensation or benefits suggests that they are merely just dipping their toes into the water to determine if they could sustain operations at industry-standard rates - which they claim tens of thousands have indicated they would, and importantly without knowing any details about the
renumeration, other than “8 days off in your hub of Riyadh”.
On your first point. It's accurate. It's not so easy to get max's even this decade let alone Airbus's. Ryanair have said that they'd take any Max's that other Airlines don't want, that suggests that demand massively out ways supply.
Your second point is inaccurate, they are genuinely trying to get a massive Riyadh based Airline up and running. They tried with Saudia but it was unsuccessful really due in Western terms to labour disputes. Riyadh is a massive wealthy city without any international Airline of it's own.