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Where did the information come from about FCA basing an a/c at EXT this winter?
There is a regular poster on the BRS thread who is well-informed on FCA matters, especially in the south west corner of Britain. I don't know whether he will visit this thread so I will briefly summarise his views, as I remember them.
Earlier in the year he did think EXT might become a FCA base next summer but in recent times has gone cold on this idea.
Last winter he said that the EXT FCA flights were operated by the CWL-based a/c and crew, and apparently the seemingly anomalous position obtained whereby the a/c was being used as much, if not more, out of EXT than out of CWL with the crews having to be positioned from their Welsh base to operate the flights. This gave rise to the not surprising thought that EXT might become a base, though not necessarily instead of CWL.
If EXT does become a base I would be amazed if it starts with two aircraft. BRS is one of the biggest regional FCA bases in the country yet even here there are only two A 321s based in summer and one A 321 in winter.