Wingspar is of course right. The Qantas Group does need new aircraft yesterday. The sooner the highest growth and most profitable areas get new 250-350 seat aircraft the better. This will no doubt redress the balance on Australia-Europe routes where as other threads have noted, legacy carriers have been in retreat for years.
I am sure AIPA will totally support any and all arrangements necessary for these new planes to be flown efficiently and flexibly as part of the new paradigms necessary for success in the years ahead, fearlessly casting aside the prejudices, ideology and habits of the past.