Now Im confused. Is the previous post a palindrome? Or some thing similar.
Now some would say AAE was a good operator, but they were part of a leasing company. Some would say Excel was a good operator but not a leasing company.
Both change hands quite alot.Bugger me what did you mean.
AAE would not have been formed (from the personnel aftermath of 9/11 .I dont mean that disrespectfully but alot of the guys were redundant after that event) if it were not for AAI business with Excel. XL would not have been bought and formed (from excel) incorporating AAE if it were not for AAI. Excel (not XL) would just be another summer charter (albeit an award winning one) if it were not for the synergies with AAI and then AAE.
Now we have the AAE side being phased out , reborn, gulped up or whatever and we have XL back to where it was 4 years ago as Excel but with an expensive errect penis on the tail and voila its XL . That is shorthaul aircraft and longhaul on an imported fleet (read french crewed 330), after the 767s go and in lgws case while they are still here. Thats if they go.
We have had redunancies ( compulsory then reduced to non compulsury) with a potential crew shortage hot on its heels. Knee jerk fleeting decisions that could have but havent been reversed and in some cases reversed and reversed again Right and left arms in the wrong sockets and a bewildered workforce and empty offices at night due no overtime but pilots still being line trained.
Im not apportioning blame here BUT Bloody hell Ive got a headache.
Any advance on bewidered. Answers on a postcard please.
