The Swiss may well be being used to shake down aspects of the Airbus arrival at Easy, but do not under estimate the disruption it will cause to the UK operation.
From mid Summer large numbers of UK pilots and Cabin crew will have to be skimmed off UK staffing levels to cover for those doing the Airbus conversion. This will last for at least 6 months. The 700 coversion took barely a week before pilots could fly the line again and we are all aware of how short 700 pilots were, not to mention the rostering headache it caused with aircraft swops and non rated pilots on stby.
The airbus introduction is going to put enormous strain on the company at almost peak season and it looks like our now Ex Chief Trg Capt did not like what he saw in the crystal ball.
Last edited by Airbrake; 9th Mar 2003 at 16:27.