Originally Posted by KRUSTY 34
Interesting times?
I was under the impression that the Virgin model was to only pursue routes that are profitable on a stand alone basis, and a large part of their cost control was the adoption of a single type fleet.
It appears that this philosophy that has served them so well is about to be challenged. Could be a very expensive exercise?
Also, what are they proposing to pay their drivers? I'd say it would be a given that very few current DJ pilots have any experience on the Jungle Jet. This would mean contract pilots, (at least initially), how many of them would be willing to relocate to OZ, and at what price.
Then what would be the offer to existing 737 pilots to come across? Ecomomies of scale would suggest smaller A/C less dough!
As I said Interesting times.
Now that Brett Godfrey is a Director of a North American Airline with a similar fleet to Virgin Blue he is very aware of the sucess of Jet Blue with their A320 and EMB-190 fleet.