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What is the global down turn in aviation doing to Air Tankers bottom line, how are they managing without any income from the unused assets of the RAF A330 fleet?
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The MoD contract provides the Air Tanker consortium with a profit, any 3rd party revenue generated from the non core aircraft was even more profit. They will not go bust during the downturn if that’s what you’re wondering.
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They have furloughed some folks I believe.
I know that many are working from home but I haven’t heard of any furloughs to date. I shall quietly enquire...
I stand corrected! - about 70 have been furloughed.
I stand corrected! - about 70 have been furloughed.
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And they made a run down to the Falklands in record time: https://www.airtanker.co.uk/media/ne...-flight-record
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Because previously, other commercial competitors have never had the excess capacity to offer the direct MPN option to the U.K. Government! This may be Air Tanker proving a point. And yes, limited pax, but not many travelling These days anyway.
According to the article the mod was provision of proper crew rest facilities to allow the 2 crews to operate the route direct between them.
I would be interested to hear what payload the ac managed.
I would be interested to hear what payload the ac managed.
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“Space” for fuel was badly worded, a reduction in passengers, luggage, cargo allows that weight saving to be used for fuel, using the existing tanks. No additional fuel tanks are required, it just means you can actually fill them up to full and the result is you can achieve MPN in one flight.
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No more fuel. If you recall not too long ago, a Voyager flew direct to Buenos Aires. The limitation is crew duty, and the provision of crew rest facilities has enabled carriage of additional crew members to legally provide extra duty time.
Where would the rest facilities be placed. I know on BA dreamliners there are 2 crew rest areas. 1 just behind the cockpit above the galley and 1 in the fin area for cabin crew.
Were these A330 fitted similarly?
Were these A330 fitted similarly?
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There are least two crew rest options for the A330-200.
A flight crew rest module from Collins Aerospace that fits behind the flight deck.
A lower deck combined Flight and Cabin crew rest module that occupies forward hold space.
A flight crew rest module from Collins Aerospace that fits behind the flight deck.
A lower deck combined Flight and Cabin crew rest module that occupies forward hold space.
As for these days of course it as all changed - the modern big twins are often routinely operating sectors of the sort of length needed to get from the UK to the Falklands, but you need to make sure, as has been stated, that the crew rest has been sorted out...
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