Wait a minute. The rebate will be available for the next four years! So why is REX winding up Airlink RPT just before Christmas?
Could it be that the Chairman and his cronies are attempting to hold back the Red Sea with a broom? Could it be that the sale of Airlink assets may just keep the profits a little healthier, at least for the next financial year? Lets see now. REX are cancelling flights at an unprecedented rate. Pilots (especially Captains) are now well and truely "over" working on days off. The prospect for the Xmas schedule is looking dire. What will cost more? Marginal profits on the thin routes, or serious brand and revenue damage on the main game over the festive season? The problem of course is that it's already too late to plug the crewing sieve (typical). The few experienced guys from Airlink may bear fruit in some small measure into the new year, but it's too little too late. At least we may have a half dozen more upgradeble F/O's. I mean, that's better than nothing, right?
I wonder if the communities of far western NSW would see the logic in it?