With the 2 leased 332s due for QF SH possibly going to JQ to cover the late arriving 787s, as Going Boeing has suggested, surely this will create some serious planning issues for QF???
There can't be any spare 744s available due to the additional BNE-LAX services and new Santiago(?) flights on the radar... and the other new 332s are all being (or will be) utilised on BOM, NRT and AKL-LAX routes.
So when the classics go mid and late this year, what are QF going to replace them with if JQ get the last 2 332s? Surely JQ might have to miss out for once? Or will 76's be used, and other traffic re-assigned to 737s?
*I actually had a friend who went through a similar ordeal at SYD DOM a few weeks ago... 743 to PER boarded... then disembarked... then boarded again... finally canned! Seems to be a regular enough occurance to warrant action?
GB? Keg? Et al...