Turkeyslapper:
"Did EMQ not keep a couple of 412s on the books tp cover these eventualities??"
Yes - both are flying
Brian:
Lack of communication between parties? Couldn't possibly be because of tails falling off elsewhere? Could it? I mean, Gulf could have given them a heads up the tail was going to crumple, couldn't they?
No .... nothing to see here folks, just two aircraft in for schedueled maintenance.