I have no idea when the alleged A330's that bmi has on order will arrive (the Astraeus lease would suggest 2 years time?), but lets say the delivery slips by a further year, that would be 3 years of bmi flightdeck work being done by contract pilots....
Lets say the airline then realise that operating an exclusive Airbus fleet for their evolving mid/long haul network is daft because it doesn't match the route/capacity profile and get some old Boeing 757/767's in from BA as they trade up to their 787's in 2010 (prior, of course, to bmi taking possession of their own 787's...or will it be A350's?).
That'd upset a few of you wouldn't it? Had the airline invested in "the business" some of you would have 2000+ P1 hrs by then on type....
