Originally Posted by Rollingthunder
Frankly I don't get it.
Aircraft are sitting around not making money.
Boeing being blamed for late deliveries that would seemingly be sitting around not making money if delivered on-time.
Reckless over- expansion that is not sustainable?
Poor rostering?
Poor scheduling?
Not the working low cost business model?
This is what Ryanair claim:
As a result of a strike in Boeing during September and October, all of Ryanair’s aircraft deliveries this Winter are being delivered approximately 1 month after their scheduled date. Ryanair has been able to meet this 4 aircraft shortfall during October, November and December by extending the flying programme on a number of older 737-200 series aircraft due for retirement. It is not possible to extend the use of these aircraft beyond the end of December 2005, as the aircraft have been sold and the pilots have been retrained on the 737-800’s. The airline has therefore decided to trim its schedule temporarily through January, February and March 2006. Planned capacity will return to normal with the delivery of the last 4 aircraft from Boeing during the month of April 2006.
So presumably all the aircraft on the ground are (sold) 737-200's and there are pilots sitting at home, trained on 737-800's with no planes for them to fly. Any truth in this? I expect Boeing's and Ryanair lawyers know?