Originally Posted by
CTWO
.... sorry.. and how is that relevant to the topic?
It's called commentary and relates directly to previous posts on this thread, many of which you contributed which also deviate from the original topic.
The answer to all your questions lies directly in the future manpower requirement which, if other posters are to be believed, is diminishing. Likley it will stay in flux until a decision is taken on the 350/787 and that may well directly affect the available slots.
Hopefully the rumored delivery delays above do not actually happen which means those presently affected will not be further delayed.