Norwegian B737 Pilot selection (Updated)
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Limbo
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...an-bid-456397/
"It's a pity – I still hope they succeed," he adds, citing concerns around recent financial challenges faced by Norwegian, particularly regarding fuel costs and hedging.
But Walsh goes on to praise the "exceptional job" done by Norwegian's chief executive Bjorn Kjos, such as the proof-of-concept work relating to long-haul low-cost operations.
"He's proven, if not to everybody but certainly to us, that the market exists and the customer will embrace the business model."
"It's a pity – I still hope they succeed," he adds, citing concerns around recent financial challenges faced by Norwegian, particularly regarding fuel costs and hedging.
But Walsh goes on to praise the "exceptional job" done by Norwegian's chief executive Bjorn Kjos, such as the proof-of-concept work relating to long-haul low-cost operations.
"He's proven, if not to everybody but certainly to us, that the market exists and the customer will embrace the business model."
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Ilmington, Warwickshire
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
O’Leary has always had a real chip on his shoulder about Norwegian. Not quite sure, if he’s that confident of his own business model, why he has to go on and on about DY so much? Maybe I’ve missed it, but he doesn’t seem to bitch about EZY in quite the same way.
MOL doesn’t like to admit FR lost a lot of pilots to DY a couple of years ago which caused the shortage and cancellations at FR - not rostering issues which were given as the excuse then by him
MOL doesn’t like to admit FR lost a lot of pilots to DY a couple of years ago which caused the shortage and cancellations at FR - not rostering issues which were given as the excuse then by him
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Limbo
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
O’Leary has always had a real chip on his shoulder about Norwegian. Not quite sure, if he’s that confident of his own business model, why he has to go on and on about DY so much? Maybe I’ve missed it, but he doesn’t seem to bitch about EZY in quite the same way.
MOL doesn’t like to admit FR lost a lot of pilots to DY a couple of years ago which caused the shortage and cancellations at FR - not rostering issues which were given as the excuse then by him
MOL doesn’t like to admit FR lost a lot of pilots to DY a couple of years ago which caused the shortage and cancellations at FR - not rostering issues which were given as the excuse then by him
Last edited by directmisbi; 9th Mar 2019 at 14:21.
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: UK
Posts: 285
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...an-bid-456397/
"It's a pity – I still hope they succeed," he adds, citing concerns around recent financial challenges faced by Norwegian, particularly regarding fuel costs and hedging.
But Walsh goes on to praise the "exceptional job" done by Norwegian's chief executive Bjorn Kjos, such as the proof-of-concept work relating to long-haul low-cost operations.
"He's proven, if not to everybody but certainly to us, that the market exists and the customer will embrace the business model."
"It's a pity – I still hope they succeed," he adds, citing concerns around recent financial challenges faced by Norwegian, particularly regarding fuel costs and hedging.
But Walsh goes on to praise the "exceptional job" done by Norwegian's chief executive Bjorn Kjos, such as the proof-of-concept work relating to long-haul low-cost operations.
"He's proven, if not to everybody but certainly to us, that the market exists and the customer will embrace the business model."
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Botswana
Posts: 887
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Struggling to understand Walsh’s comments. So Kjos has proven that there is a market for people who can’t normally afford to fly long haul to pay £170 to fly to Los Angeles, well no excrement, Sherlock!! Just like there are people who want to pay £200 for a 65” LG OLED TV, trouble is it doesn’t make money! Surely that’s the whole point here. How exactly has Kjos proved that low cost long haul works when his company is losing money hand over fist? The only thing he has proved is that there are people willing to pay a bargain basement unbundled fare, which should have been bloody obvious from the beginning. The thing we definitely know is that it still requires a hard business product to actually pay for the thing and start to make money. Norwegian don’t have this and won’t until they change their business model. And we’re back where we started...
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: FUBAR
Posts: 3,349
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Their Winter struggles will be stretched to the MAX now. . . . . . . . . . sure Boeing will have to cough up, but, like the 1st and 2nd chapter of the Dreamliner debacles, the money doesn't arrive in the account overnight and probably never truly covers the lost revenue and costs of subbing in a replacement.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: UK
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Their Winter struggles will be stretched to the MAX now. . . . . . . . . . sure Boeing will have to cough up, but, like the 1st and 2nd chapter of the Dreamliner debacles, the money doesn't arrive in the account overnight and probably never truly covers the lost revenue and costs of subbing in a replacement.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Outta town
Posts: 156
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Everyones looking at the increasingly dire situation @ Norwegian , but what about Jet2 ‘s financial state? Heavily indebbted to its creditors , and huge orders for 737s 800s . Maybe this type will also be grounded next ?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: UK
Posts: 45
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Wow. Not sure you could have misunderstood the situation more if you tried. I don’t work for them, but I gather Jet2 are doing very nicely, i.e. they are profitable. Norweigian on the other hand...
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Amantido
Posts: 866
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Why would they ground the - 800s in the first place?
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Almost horizontal
Posts: 123
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
