Direct from the Domestic CEO's mouth in a recent company dial in. Not an "I heard from a friend of a friend" type scenario. Heard by everyone on the dial in, first hand.
And...?
Can you remember a time when a Qantas manager has said something and something else took place?
IMHO, there is no way that the Cobham 717's are going to be replaced with anything flown by mainline pilots. Most likely whatever replaces them will be flown by Network pilots.
DIVOSH!