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Its apples to oranges comparison, the E-jet is a purpose designed clean sheet design airliner, the CRJ is a stretched, re-seated, whatever Canadair Challenger corporate jet re-think....not to say the CRJ doesn't work...just not here..( I hope)
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yeah well wait and it will be even more amusing. there plan is to continue upgrades abd SO's on 320 and move guys from 320/330 to EMB. so this mean twice as much taining cause they could not possibly upgrade on the EMB LOL. good for Senior fo's but i feel a serious exodus of capt if they dont get their act toegther. it is amusing how far behind the times we are even with our great training programs..... I mean we can not even get a new type organized so we minimize the training and dont piss everyone off????
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Duh u are generally correct. from what i have seen from the beginning to end it does take atleast 1 calender year. consists of 2 interviews and line "assessments" and then finally sim. it is a program which they know and have no forethought on change. the guys i have chatted with say the sim training is quite good as i would expect since out sims are not bad. it is odd that we do not reassess as i think we could really improve the product with some productive training for commands not checking!!! anyways for the guys that have gone though or are going through good luck!
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PJ. Picked up on your Chrissie presents. Aka no leave plan out yet. After years of a well established system that d…f..b…. AA tinkles with it and stuffs it all up. Three attempts and still no plan. He’s also seriously misunderstanding (as is management) crew sentiment with regard to how we feel as pilots on the future of GF. No pilot wants to fly with an airline that is going backwards. He went through the last few months nursing a shortage of crews knowing full well the cut backs that were on the horizon. Events will overtake him. The old GF noninformation will catch up on him and he will fall on his own sword.. Anyway Happy Festive Season all. Management forgot the greeting this year!!
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Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.
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Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.
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Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.
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That's Majali's master plan 4 A330s & the rest A320 & regional, so w can feed passengers to Amm for RJ. If we can't make money for ourselves at least we can help our brotherly Jordanians to make some-since they also have a loss JD23 million for 2008.
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We heard that Gulf Air had canceled an Order of 16 Airbus 330-300
Waiting for a confirmation from the company !
Waiting for a confirmation from the company !
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Please note that Airbus will not lie down quietly if GF cancel their order for 15 A 333s. Either a heavy penalty will be imposed by Airbus as per the contract or they ask GF to exchange it for more A 320 family of aircraft
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Orders can be deferred, exchanged, whatever, as can present leases...there just are not a whole lot of obstacles to stop the plan once it starts rolling...