Ace Rimmer
FlyBE's announcement that it will base it fleet on D8s and 146's (ie bye bye CRJs) and a conversation with a person who is in a position to influence the course of the company.
Correct (more or less).
Tip off that as mentioned earlier big Jim and co are in discussions with Bomb about trading in the CRJs for more Q400s since confirmed through another source BTW
Incorrect. Not even close.
According to the latest data I have BE has 12 D8s and 15 puffs if a deal is done on the CRJs then you could assume they'd be getting more Q4s than CRJs lets be reasonable and say five so that's hmmm 17 D8s and 15 puffs and that's assumeming that more D8s over and above are not aquired by lease or purchase
No... sorry. That isn't what is happening at all.
Net result, it appears reasonable does it not to assume therefore that the airline will have more T/Ps than jets in the future and that further for those flying for the airline there will be more T/P slots than jets?
That assumption is based on incorrect information, and is wrong.
Dosent seem too big a flight of fancy to me...but there you go my reality might be a little different yours.
Well, the difference there is that my reality is based on the facts, and yours is based on assumptions and second-hand info from dubious sources.
Nice try though...
Smokie
What do we provide as "service" that lo-cos don't? Well, for a start they get to select a seat (rather than join the scrum at the gate), they get basic drinks for free (nothing is free on lo-cos), they get access to special passenger handling at no cost (what does Ryanair charge for a wheelchair lift-off..???), they get access to customer service that consists of more than one person reading from their only "service" from a card: "nothing is our fault, you aren't entitled to anything, read the fine print"... etc. We also have lounges for those who want them, the ability to provide free drinks via a voucher, etc.