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Old 6th Jan 2012, 18:44
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Skipness One Echo
 
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When I last checked, 4.8 million was a bigger figure than 4.13 million, and that's with 80 aircraft on the ground.
So 80 aircraft parked over the winter and then flown to a VERY busy summer, that's going to even out over time. They're just like Monarch and Britannia in the 80s, flying Scots to the sun then not flying in the winter. The more things change the more things stay the same. The trick being missed is that their aircraft are idle over the winter and not being leased out to other firms who have a busy time in our quiet periods. This strikes me as a missed opportunity given their penny pinching and downright frugal attitude to everything else except maintenance and saftey!
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