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P330
Thanks for the detailed response.
So, the only clarification I have is on the crew where one of you is saying they have their own crew and the other is saying anyone can work on them. On the one hand, I would have thought they would have their own as this keeps the costs lower then again it wouldn’t stack up with seeing 9H aircraft basing themselves at Leeds which would suggest any crew can operate.
So, if the latter is correct, what is the point of having separate 9H aircraft as what cost savings are there?
Really appreciate the informed conversations so far - thank you.
They don't have their own crew as such, other than as outlined above. Lauda Europe do (obvious reasons) and theres also a pool of crew based in Poland for Buzz that are essentially Buzz crew, but still their aircraft can fly around the Ryanair network and be as any other Ryanair aircraft by any other crew. For crews including pilots, theres a couple of tiny differences they are all converted on depending on the registration - just for any slight local differences to the country of registration. But thats legalities more than anything to do with the flying. The ipads will hold such information and can just swap to the relevant reg where required. So yes, that Malta Air aircraft you saw at Leeds, will most likely have Leeds based crew on it. The registrations are purely political and more to to do with taxation in each country. There are/were certain savings to be had with with crews set up locally in those countries e.g. Malta and Poland. However, that does not mean the aircraft can not be operated from elsewhere with other trained up Ryanair crew. Im not sure why the other poster said that the aircraft will have a specific pool of crew. Once again, other than what i have outlined above, that is not the case. I can see you're very intrigued on the subject, so hopefully that has answered it as best as it can.