Hi, P.J.
You will have noticed that the article says "NEEDS TO....".
Well, GF also NEEDS TO replace most of it's "management", fix hundreds of broken things that affect pax and cabin crew on the 330s and 340s (lavatories, seating, IFE, lighting, temperature controlls.....), sort out issues concerning staff welfare etc.
NEEDS TO, but they wont.
No money will be allocated to GF. As if the board would aprove any such thing. They want their First Class travel, priority everything for themselves and their cronies. They want, want, want and take things away from staff and in the end also pax. Cut backs galore and CC have to apologize to genuine pax why they can not have this or that. Of course when any so-called VIP (= board members and mistresses) are travelling DOUBLE everything is provided and 35 ground staff are descending on the aircraft to show how swell everything is.
They will not aprove anything that would cost them an extra Fil.
Incidently, one of the Aussies put me onto this site, if you'd like to see a GF-747 in it's whole glory....
http://www.cardatabase.net/modifieda...hp?id=00001116