Originally Posted by
Syd eng
Well with the Jumbo, QANTAS waited some time before it jumped in and did not get the initial (100 series)ones they hung back until the 200B's were released. I guess it is a bit like the way a series 2 car has all the bugs ironed out that were in the inital model.
Yeah but they were still a launch customer with initial orders placed before the first flight and a nice little Rat painted on the nose of the prototype when rolled out at Everett.
Originally Posted by Mobi LAME
Wasn't one of Reg Ansett's great sayings...."Never be a launch customer, let somebody else sort the problems out and then buy." Mind you Sir Peter didn't heed those words with the F-50 and A-320.
There was a PPRuNer of yore whose signature was "Never fly the 'A' model of anything"
Ruprecht... not beyond the realms of imagination, mate. Remiss of them if they hadn't been all over Coward St.