REX, better than all airlines in Australia and most of the world
I don't know if things have changed much since 2012, which come to think of it may have been the last time I flew on Rex.
Over 3 hours late into Merimbula yesterday. I wasted a day and $391.22 airfare when I foolishly planned and booked a same day return. In future I will have to plan at least one overnight into any Rex trip and make sure any appointments I make are subject to a Rex reliability clause. They seem to encourage purchase of flight cancellation insurance when you book, don't know if a mere 3 or 4 hour delay would be covered.
I was wondering if it is crew shortage or mechanical or just poor loads, there seemed to be quite a few 340's sitting around.
Over 3 hours late into Merimbula yesterday. I wasted a day and $391.22 airfare when I foolishly planned and booked a same day return. In future I will have to plan at least one overnight into any Rex trip and make sure any appointments I make are subject to a Rex reliability clause. They seem to encourage purchase of flight cancellation insurance when you book, don't know if a mere 3 or 4 hour delay would be covered.
I was wondering if it is crew shortage or mechanical or just poor loads, there seemed to be quite a few 340's sitting around.
Could be that some of their cadets have trouble converting UTC to local time.
Last edited by mikewil; 8th Nov 2017 at 03:15.
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From what I hear they're in the same boat as Qlink and others - struggling to crew planes. Their biggest problem is lack of Captains as a lot are continuing to move up the chain to Virgin/JQ/QF - a lot going through upgrade training at the moment so fingers crossed these issues become less frequent. Regional RPT is never perfect. Im a frequent regional flyer and I suppose I've been through enough interruptions (not just rex) to plan with plenty of buffer either side of any flight!
