Originally Posted by
LostProperty
how realistic would it be today for a middle ranking airline like Qantas to have spare aircraft sitting around waiting for a breakdown?
They should have something, doesn't have to be an A380. Its criminal they have stranded people on the other side of the world, yet again.
You can bet your bottom dollar they would have been home long ago, if Alan Joyce was a passenger. Lets see them film this one in their next "Not" Ready For Takeoff" episode.
How hard would it be to get "some" passengers onto other competitors flights, even if not direct flights, while another aircraft of some description was dispatched to Dubai to take the remainder home, again, even if they needed to stop over somewhere along the way to fill up, or whatever.