Originally Posted by
polax52
The newspaper article refers to the delivery of 100 new aircraft of which only 12 have been delivered to date.
Polax, double check the article - The article referred to the original 100 aircraft orders that were made over 5 years ago. 12 of those aircraft have yet to be delivered (8 X 787 + some 777F or 300's). That old order from the past included the 55- 320/321's the 330's and the 777-300's.
It went to say that this is an entirely new authorization for an additional 100 aircraft. Some aircraft will certainly phase out the older 777-200, 747-400 and possibly the E70's. It has been said the 787 order will increase to 20+. The 330 fleet will also increase. They will not appear tomorrow, this is a 5 year plan, yes they will be stretched even further for cockpit crews. So after replacements, guess at say 50-60ish new aircraft?
The exact same stuff was said 5 years ago with the original 5 year plan, the aircraft did arrive. Can' see it being any different this time around. Totally agree with you on the processing times for pilots. It will be a stretch but they were able to piece things together for the last 5 years.