Originally Posted by
stickshaken
What's next Gladstone?
No, Rockhampton.
30% attrition rate on the ATR this year alone has left the fleet well understaffed and cancelling flights everyday. This has given the company the excuse to try to push all Rocky flying on to Alliance.
More and more VA ATR and Ejet flying being swapped over to Alliance everyday now. Pretty sure it's been JB's plan for a long time to make Alliance to Virgin what Cobham is to Qantas.
RE: ATR commands. The only 'quick' commands that might be possible would be in Canberra. No growth out of Brisbane, and any commands that come up will go to the FOs still hanging around, then anyone from 'mainline' interested on the group list. With the Ejet being withdrawn soon, there are a number of Ejet FOs that would like ATR spots to stay in BNE.