Guv,
It's all very well having ageing aircraft plying the longhaul rotes, but passengers don't like it and vote with their feet.
Sadly, after flying thousands on sectors on L1011's and DC10's, even the old Cale passengers, who weren't all shellsuiters, complained like mad at 48 hr delays, no IFE, ceiling panels falling down, tatty tired cabins.
Passengers and therefore tour operators like new airplanes, so although it might make economic sense to try and keep those L1011 in the sky, realistically the move to go to A330's might be the better option.
Perhaps I might still be in tartan if Cale had made that move a few years ago rather than losing all pax confidence with tired, tech aircraft.
