Yeah I tend to agree, and it wouldn't be tucked away at the back of a hangar either. Having the ATR for the CBR-MEL-CBR service go u/s could easily be dealt with by rebooking their pax onto other flights, even subbing a 738 for an E-Jet. And if they wanted an operational spare there's plenty of space in CBR where they could park it and rotate the 'spare' status around different aircraft to keep them all going, just like we're all told to start our cars often to keep everything ticking for them.
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