Silkair Defects to Boeing - 54 firm 737-800s & Max
"SilkAir decided to switch back to B737 for obvious economics...."
For less obvious political reasons I think you will find.
"...we all know this is something that no one will ever know for sure, of the exact sweeteners thrown in by Boeing this time."
Thrown in by Washington I think you will find.
SQ is an extension of politics in many ways, very few fleet purchases are made with the hip pocket in mind.
For less obvious political reasons I think you will find.
"...we all know this is something that no one will ever know for sure, of the exact sweeteners thrown in by Boeing this time."
Thrown in by Washington I think you will find.
SQ is an extension of politics in many ways, very few fleet purchases are made with the hip pocket in mind.
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Really now....you left out shed our blood to kick out the Japanese, rebuild your "economy"
Suggest you read your history again before flexing your baseless claims. You seriously want us to believe anyone of the colonizers SHED BLOOD and REBUILD economy for the sake of the local people?? Don't even get me started.
Depends what you mean by qualified: daddy is a captain, then sony is qualified?
So it must be just this part of the world that is susceptible to cronyism? Shall we start collecting stats of how many off-springs of Ex-Delta, Americans, BA or the likes are cutting queue in their joining of daddy's companies? Next I guess you will try to argue they are more qualified that the local kids?
I have trained more than my fair share of Princelings both in Airforce and civilian sectors, they did just fine. It really rattled the heck out of you folks when your expatriate positions are jeopardized, ain't it?
SQ is an extension of politics in many ways, very few fleet purchases are made with the hip pocket in mind.
None of my business to defend SQ position, I doubt very much more than a handful legacy carriers out there are able to be in SQ enviable position when it comes to aircraft purchase.
You'll find that many establishments watch with keen eyes, on how SIN, both Air Force and Civilian carriers decide on their choices of airplanes.
It's really not that difficult for anyone in the region to see how a combination of economics and technological expertise transfer arrangement will tilt the scale in many of their past aircraft purchases. I would love to hear more juicy news about political influence, that resembles that of China. If it's true that Washington has that much influence on SQ aircraft purchase, how does someone explain the switch of SilkAir from B737 to full A320 years ago?
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From my experience with SIA economics was the major player in any decision, be it aircraft, ground equipment, pay deals etc. etc. SIA are in the fortunate financial position to be able to try something out and if they don't like it they change it, (B757 etc. pilots liked it, commercial & marketing didn't).
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No recruiting at all in Silk
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Jonny Wilkinson Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2 Crewing the Boeing order Does anyone know if Silk are going to recruit 737 F/O's to crew the new orders?
No recruiting on the Boeing for the first 2 years as the plan is only for the conversion training from the Airbus. As far as hiring in general of pilots, the staffing requirements will be transferred from SQ therefore no hiring until at least mid 2014.
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De Facto, I'm sure about the flap speeds and the climb rate, especially a 700 and 800...Also, whoever mentioned actually listening to the engines is absolutely correct. This is the difference between a monkey and an aviator sitting in either seat. Additionally, the lack of thrust lever movement was shown to be a partial contributing factor to the loss of aircraft configuration awareness in the 447 crash. AF was hiring engineers and not pilots and the airbus was designed by engineers and not pilots. The results speak for themselves. I will agree that the Airbus has a MUCH better cockpit layout and more ergonomically friendly design. Also, our engineers are typed on both the Boeing and Bus and prefer the European product. At the end of the day, what we need are aviators and not operators behind the yolk/stick.
