Let's be clear what we're saying. Nobody is suggesting that airliners are literally plucked off the shelf like a tin of baked beans. But when an airline wants 200 people taking to Spain fifty times a week they don't invite a contractor to commence a design process.
PS, chugalug, I don't hold up the 50's/60's UK airlines as a model for optimal procurement.
Last edited by ShotOne; 16th Oct 2016 at 18:11.