REX to transition to ATRs, start domestic jet ops
It was much better in 1985 when the Australian Airlines J-31 ran out there with the pax while their bags went on Tillair/Transair's Conquest.
The punters loved it when their bags were already lined up on the tarmac as they stepped off the Jetstream!
It didn't last very long though.
The punters loved it when their bags were already lined up on the tarmac as they stepped off the Jetstream!
It didn't last very long though.
Gee you say a lot of bollocks and seem to “hear” a lot.
They’ve played this game before, they know what’s going on. The entire pandemic there has been pilot expressions of interest open. Do you really think no one has applied? If 2018 showed us anything, it’s how Rex can train pilots - and do it well!
You clearly work for Rex and aren’t very happy. If so, go accept your $5k and run. Just remember the grass isn’t greener.
They’ve played this game before, they know what’s going on. The entire pandemic there has been pilot expressions of interest open. Do you really think no one has applied? If 2018 showed us anything, it’s how Rex can train pilots - and do it well!
You clearly work for Rex and aren’t very happy. If so, go accept your $5k and run. Just remember the grass isn’t greener.
I used to work there but have moved on. I cherished my time there, it was great. The people are what make it great. I'm still very close with a few pilots there and that's where I get my information from. All of my mates have no plans of leaving Rex.
The fact of the matter is they have hired a handful of pilots since covid, while more than a handful have left for various reasons. They were extremely short pre covid and training bottlenecks were becoming a big issue. They need Saab captains which take a lot of time. Direct entries take up to 6 months training from memory. Meanwhile they have internal EOI for 737 FOs which is only available to Saab captains.
The chief pilot has told half a dozen captains in Adelaide to bid for empty bases or be moved, which I'm sure has gone down well. Many Adelaide and Perth captains have already applied for alliance and network. Many guys are waiting on Qantas SO dates.
They are the facts and not 'bollocks'. And facts don't care about our feelings.
The company always has drama and it's a fascinating thing to watch from the sidelines.
Meanwhile they have internal EOI for 737 FOs which is only available to Saab captains.
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11147278[/url]]Is it true that any Rex Captains applying for 737 positions have to accompany their application with a 2000 word essay on why they’ll never leave and how committed they are to the company?
I’d say he’s taking the piss mate, like when they told the cadets they had to do something similar years ago.
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More dribble from Sharp.
https://www.afr.com/companies/transp...0211128-p59crz
Does he think about what he says.
https://www.afr.com/companies/transp...0211128-p59crz
Does he think about what he says.
If it involves adding cost forget it. I can’t imagine Rex investing into anything on the sustainability front. That costs money. It’s a tightarse operation, they would need to employ a GM Sustainability which according to market rates, is well out of the Rex Management price range. Flying around all these 737s empty isn’t doing much for the planet either. Maybe they should work on fixing that instead.
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A quick trip back to year 10 science, with plenty of back of the envelope doodles:
A 1hr flight in a 340 is ~500kg of A1, which has a specific/chemical energy of 46.36Mj/kg.
Telsa Model S cars with the leading edge 100kW battery has about 360MJ of energy.
Multiplying 46.35 x 500 gives a total energy requirement of 23,180MJ required for our 1 hour flight.
Given the worlds best transportable batteries currently hold about 360MJ, we will need a lazy 65 Model S batteries.
each one of them weighs roughly 540kg, so that will just require us to carry 35T of batteries.
Google says the MTOW of a SAAB is 13T.
Old Sharpie is having a decent old yank. And to suggest Hydrogen will be fuelling aircraft anytime soon is even more nuts. Why not just chuck in mini nuclear fusion for the trifecta!
*I may or may not have failed high school science - and I’m certainly not against new greener energy - i just know the limitations of my electric car’s battery
A 1hr flight in a 340 is ~500kg of A1, which has a specific/chemical energy of 46.36Mj/kg.
Telsa Model S cars with the leading edge 100kW battery has about 360MJ of energy.
Multiplying 46.35 x 500 gives a total energy requirement of 23,180MJ required for our 1 hour flight.
Given the worlds best transportable batteries currently hold about 360MJ, we will need a lazy 65 Model S batteries.
each one of them weighs roughly 540kg, so that will just require us to carry 35T of batteries.
Google says the MTOW of a SAAB is 13T.
Old Sharpie is having a decent old yank. And to suggest Hydrogen will be fuelling aircraft anytime soon is even more nuts. Why not just chuck in mini nuclear fusion for the trifecta!
*I may or may not have failed high school science - and I’m certainly not against new greener energy - i just know the limitations of my electric car’s battery
Timmy I am not able to check your figures right now but let’s say you were out by a factor of ten. That instead of needing 35 tonne of batteries the aircraft only needed 3.5 tonnes of batteries. It is still unviable.
Pretty robust technical assessment of the viability of electric power using a Beech 1900 as the comparison aircraft done some time back - https://leehamnews.com/2021/07/08/th...rcraft-part-2/
Bottom line - not practical using current technology.
Bottom line - not practical using current technology.
I haven't got a clue, but was it weather related? If so, you can't really have a go at them for a diversion.