Hi Guys,
Sounds grim at W3 at the moment, sorry to hear that things seem to be getting worse!
How many pilots have left and how many are stll there?
Are there enough left to run the operation and published schedules?
Anyone got an educated guess as to how long W3 will keep flying?
The Vanguard is publishing headline stories that W3 aircraft are returning from C - Check (why?), NCAA has given W3 the new AOC and the FAA have approved W3 to operate to the US - even though NCAA is not yet Cat 1? Lot's of good news but underlying tone is they owe big bucks everywhere.
I have a 'very' wild theory that things are going to come to a head in late October onwards.
Just look at what is happening at VK = no longer indebted to UBA! Yes, Nicon have apparently paid off USD237M!!!!!!! (Are they mad?)
JI is stating VK will have 12 A/C by October and will be flying to UK/US by end of the year?
Is there a bigger picture where W3 is allowed to to 'fail'? Then it and it's shiny a/c can be 'seized' by the FG, who take on the debt and sell to / merge with VK at a knockdown price. VK who already have IOSA & IATA Interline & GDS presence worldwide = Voila, a monopoly NG airline created and ownership changed from OBJ's boy AJ and given to GJ's boy JI.
The only thing missing to ensure success is a decent global brand... oh yes, I remember now, UBA made VK give that up as they refused to pay the royalties.
And all done with 'funny munny' of course (alledgedly).
Any thoughts?