QF SELECTS A321s for "SKIMPY"!!
Ran into a DragonAir Manager a few weeks ago in the lift (more than a few few weeks ago actually) who said "Have you heard that we have started a new training school here for DragonAir?" to which I naively replied "No............."
"Yes it's called JetStar......"
Interpret this as you may.
"Yes it's called JetStar......"
Interpret this as you may.
Yep
The Regal Airport bar is heavily populated with Jetsar guys...mainly LAMES doing the Dragon shuffle from what I can workout.
And to add kero to the fire...the Bus is cheap and nasty. Cheap to buy but costs an arm and a leg to maintain in the medium term. Put the flex inboard and you scare the paying punters. Then we have the extra sound effects this time of year when the ice maker (a/c system) goes into action at Vr.
FWIW, I choose not travel on them as pax if I can avoid it.
And the big ones won't do what they're meant to. NYC NYC in the 346...all the systems have to be run two hours before departure by extra engineering manpower to make sure the damn thing will actually go.
The Regal Airport bar is heavily populated with Jetsar guys...mainly LAMES doing the Dragon shuffle from what I can workout.
And to add kero to the fire...the Bus is cheap and nasty. Cheap to buy but costs an arm and a leg to maintain in the medium term. Put the flex inboard and you scare the paying punters. Then we have the extra sound effects this time of year when the ice maker (a/c system) goes into action at Vr.
FWIW, I choose not travel on them as pax if I can avoid it.
And the big ones won't do what they're meant to. NYC NYC in the 346...all the systems have to be run two hours before departure by extra engineering manpower to make sure the damn thing will actually go.
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VR-HFX, I guess it's personal opinion, but just travelled Dubai-NYC and back again with Emirates, and the A340-500 was the most comfortable aircraft I have ever travelled in. The seats were big and very comfy, their was very little visible flexing of the interior on take off and landing, and as a side note, the in flight entertainment was amazing. I mean, how good is it when you have over 150 movies to choose from and watch them and pause them and fast forward them at your leisure, absolutely fantastic. Especially considering I was flying economy.
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Can't fault your logic as a pax on a brand new ac. I think it is called tripping the light fanplastic.
All I can say is that the Bus fleet we have can't compete with the 777/744 on reliability and airframe life . Cheap to buy but expensive over the long haul with no re-sale value. Amazing how many penny-wise pound foolish people thre are in the industry.
Can't fault your logic as a pax on a brand new ac. I think it is called tripping the light fanplastic.
All I can say is that the Bus fleet we have can't compete with the 777/744 on reliability and airframe life . Cheap to buy but expensive over the long haul with no re-sale value. Amazing how many penny-wise pound foolish people thre are in the industry.
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The ATR was the same!
I flew ATR-42s and 72s and they basically fell apart. The aircraft were definitely "cheap". The parts became very expensive, I think, to support the giveaway prices at point of sale.
Everything that was made of plastic looked like crap in only a few years, which was basically, most of the aircraft.
Everything that was made of plastic looked like crap in only a few years, which was basically, most of the aircraft.
