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Old 25th Sep 2008, 04:55
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Xeque
 
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One would hope that if the aircraft are wet leased then they will come from a reputable source with properly trained and rostered crews. However, it may well be possible that the aircraft will be the original Orient Thai 747's that have been parked up at Suvarnabhumi for many months. Create a new company and transfer ownership and (hey presto) you can 'wet lease' them back to yourself with the same poorly trained and overworked crews.
I wonder where Udom hopes to generate his passenger base from? It certainly won't be 'farangs' and in the present economic climate there won't be too many Thais with the money to spend. Hopefully the whole thing will fall flat on it's face and we'll be rid of Udom (as an airline operator at any rate) once and for all.
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