Wind up alert!
Originally Posted by Sue Ridgepipe
Too much time on your hands, Sue.
This little rumour had its origins in the middle of last year. A rep from NJS 717 rang a mate in the JPC to ask if JQ was a threat to their 717 pay negotiations. Short answer was JQ had everything in place to put the 717 back into JQ service within a week, but JQ were plain not interested.
NJS rep and JPC rep then have a yarn, as pilots do, and one says to the other "the 717 would be the perfect aeroplane for the QF group to put up against
VB jungle jets." More yakity yak, friendly good bye.
The conversation is repeated amongst some colleagues at a couple of AFAP events and the EAA and SSA guys nod in agreement. The 717 would give the jungle jet a run for its money on the east coast.
A year and a bit later, Sue Ridgepipe hears the same hangar talk as it goes round the rumour circuit for the fifth time. Like a goldfish, the rumour doesn't have any memory of where it came from.
The Canberra base bit was invented by a NJS pilot in Cairns, who openly admits he made it up!!!
If anyone in the QF group is going to become the second 717 operator, why on earth would QF give it to EAA or SSA? Nothing wrong with you guys, but even when NJS boys and girls get their Certified Agreement, they will STILL be cheaper than you guys ever would!!
Tell 'em they're dreaming.