"The 777-300er truely will be old technology by the time QF invest".
In 2001 Qantas bought the old technology 744ER and NOT the 773ER. At the time they "saved" $20m per plane but have since spent another $200m extra on fuel, on a per pax km basis.
Lets just hope they dont go buying the last of the 773ER to save money over the next generation 773ER replacement a/c.
Short sighted decisions that have cost HUGE $$$ over the 20 year life of a plane