Rumour has it that there will be 3 applicants from Tiger for pilot positions.

Considering the numbers that went of Strategic, I wont be surprised if the whole Jet is crewed by Ex-Tiger crew.

I dont think so, i am told the pilots at xr will be crewing the aircraft other than C and T and FLT Manager.

And therein lies the rub....

2 senior A320 chaps from Dragon, who were due to start this week, have done the runner. So who will fill these coveted spots? CASA won't let operations start untill such folk are in place and are of sufficient quality/experience. :ugh:

A320 Experienced Pilots
 

i can confirm two experienced a320 pilots have accepted (casa) designated positions at xr :

one a former xr pilot with excellent credentials (A320 C&T and current on type) and a thoroughly genuine bloke/pilot.

the other a tiger pilot who currently holds a senior C&T position (current on type).

four xr crew off to anz for a320 endorsements.

cheers
mustard.

Mustard,

Im still waiting for the photot's of the travellers!

Cheers.

I can't believe someone quotes that the CFM engine is the better when there are 50 or more A320's flying around Australia on IAE's. I wonder if the individual has ever operated on either of them?

After 20 years flying on the A320 with both engine types, I think the CFM is a more robust and damage tolerant engine than the IAE.

Appears the A320 has arrived in Melbourne sometime overnight or this morning, over at JH currently.

Not sure if XR's arrived overnight, but YQB (Strategic's second A320) arrived at JHAS Melbourne overnight, from all reports.

She was due at 0240 as TCX032 and yes a second Strategic A320 should have turned up also over night.

So whats happening with these A320's?

Im still hearing rumours at work (Cloudbreak) that Strategic are taking over the contract.

Anyone the wiser?

Just awaiting Skywest to offer trips to Bali from Perth for the cashed up bogans ready and willing to spend the money on hotels and cheap booze.

Not another load of cashed up bogans, slamming back VB on the back of the utes trying to rock to ACDC.

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

My "mail" says that XR's A320 didn't arrive as expected. Put off indefinately from what I'm hearing. Seems everyone got excited over a "corporate" A320 arriving at John Holland over Easter. YQB definately arrived in town, however, and is expected into service mid next week from what I'm hearing. I also hear that apparently YQC could arrive as early as the end of next week.

Oh dear, the plot thickens at XR and meanwhile Strategic kicks goals. :}

EvilC "Strategic kicking goals" are they. How are the loads on Derby? What's the A320 doing when it's not going to Derby 3 times per week? What's the yield like on DPS at $99.00 one way? How are they going to pay for all these A320's sitting on the ground in Perth?

A quote from Brian Burke on 4th Feb re Strategic going to Cloudbreak.

"Oh well, the Crew must have been wrong then. Their rosters must be wrong too... 3 x week is whats planned..."

Haven't seen any Strategic A320's in KFE recently. Just how far in advance do the Strategic people get their rosters?????

EvilC, you seem to have an intimate knowledge of the delivery schedule of Strategic's A320's and a few contacts in Dragon as well. Are you sure there's no bone to pick with Skywest and in particular Skywest Management?

Cheers:ok:

If by strategic kicking goals you mean accumulating aircraft to fill apron parking spots at Perth because they dont fly then YES they are certainly kicking those goals!

Aircraft dont make money sitting on the deck :ugh:

He dosen't have intimate knowledge from KA either, just 1 very old rumour, and one selectively misinterpreted situation that never was fact anyway.

When I forwarded the airliners.net pic to friends at PER on 23MAR, apparently all the XR staff there thought it was fake! Hats will be eaten.

An XR sales rep told me that their current plans for the A320 are to do charters only for now. Granites I beleive. That's a whole lot of capacity for a minesite.

With JQ, TT and VC all using A320 out of Perth now, you could look at it 2 ways. Either that with so many A320 qualified staff in PER it might be easier for XR to poach, or with so much demand placed on A320 staff that they're all in positions and they'll have trouble recruiting.

I have cabin crew aquaintances in both VC and XR. The VC girl flies so infrequently she calls herself a lady of leisure, so yeah, tarmac holders aren't really the way forward. Ozjet 2 in my opinion, something for another thread.
I'll bug my XR friend about rumours of type training for cabin crew. He gets regular overnights on F100s to BME so he won't be too happy.

Anyone thinking the extra range might mean different destinations?

Definately not the Granites!

Hey, it was from a sales rep. Never let the facts get in the way of a good spiel! I would have thought GYL could take that capacity, also better use of the higher range/load capabilities.

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Now we know how much XR will be leasing it for. Thanks Business Financial Newswire

Any sightings in MEL yet?