Hi,
I've heard rumours about it as well. I actually rang JG and MB about the rumours to ask if it was true and he said that nothing official has been released, although he admitted he too had heard rumours about the idea, but apparently they were being bantered around by some SYD based pilot.
I guess a NTL base would make sense... given the number of NTL flights that we're doing.
A NTL base could be quite interesting. I wonder how many crew it would need.