Hasn't anybody worked out the figures do not quite stack up? What's the crew configuration for these aircraft? How many crews are required per aircraft 3/4 possibly?
The loss of aircraft is being used as an excuse in my opinion for the cost cutting measures. The question is will TCX be spreading their staff too thinly and how will this effect their operation next year?
Fresh in my mind is obviously the instance of two weeks ago where servere delays were encountered accross several bases due to a mixture of technical, crewing and weather issues. Of course it took much longer to get back on track due to crewing hours.
Could any potential issues in the future lead to longer disruption and in fact could it cost the airline more in sub leasing aircraft to recover these delays.
I also would not be suprised if we will hear of an announcement soon of Thomas Cook closing it's ticketing desks at UK airports similar to the Thomson announcement last week.