Originally Posted by
Berealgetreal
http://http://australianaviation.com...-fifo-charter/
Chadzat anyone's guess really. I'd be very surprised if the atr (apart from the old ones) were to be scrapped. Pretty expensive putting them on the VAA aoc to then scrap the whole fleet. There is certainly a market for turbo props. I think the 146 operation being suddenly outsourced completely stands out a bit.
Alliance F100 crews are much cheaper and the mining boom is over.
Ok, I'll bite. How are Alliance crews cheaper than in house ATR crews? Sounds like typical manangent spin blaming pilot's wages and conditions. Any workforce savings would be because Alliance is lean across all personnel levels, and doesn't have the layers of management and 'specialists' that VARA/VAA have created.
Regarding the 146, rumour has it CASA wouldn't approve another type on the VARA AOC.