Emirates A380 delays?

[Fugazi]

Anyone have any information on further lengthy delays for subsequent A380 deliveries to Emirates? Lots of rumours abound.

[EGGW]

Lotsa rumours indeed. 2nd 380 is inbound about 20th of October, latest info from those in the know. Then the rest as planned. Trust me lotsa tosh out there.
What i do know is the 777's are delayed

EGGW

[emratty]

A friend who is on his 380 course says they have been told the 2nd 380 arrives in October and after that there will be significant delays before the 3rd arrives. Seems like an easy few months ahead for the 380 guys how will Ed get round the max 14 days off!!!

[fatbus]

easy ... assigned oct vacation

[Payscale]

Airplane washing duty

[African Queen]

Line/base training in Al Ain

[Capt Roo]

Mid-October now is the word.

Full details here

[surely not]

Is that the AWACS A380 in the picture at Al Ain??

[break dancer]

Easy to avoid 14 days off by assigning RSV periods, regardless of where the A/C is and regardless of whether you'll be called. Can't give any extra days off....By the way, what about the toilet facilities for flight crew on the A380. Will there be a line up and scrum with the great unwashed for the economy loo outside the flight deck door?

[145qrh]

Not much of a date is she...

Ugly, Fat and now late
but, nice to ride er,, I mean fly..

[Fugazi]

The toilet outside the flight deck is for crew ony. The one at the bottom of the flightdeck stairs is for Y class.

[Enderby-Browne]

Emirates' second A380 is now further delayed and given that Airbus cannot verify how many aircraft it will actually deliver this year to anyone (first 25, then 13, then 12, now probably 10 or 11 according to those in the know who don't work for Airbus), there is little expectation in the real world that future Emirates aircraft will not be additionally late.

But then, Airbus doesn't care, does it?