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Originally Posted by MarkR
Out with the old and in with the not so old. The recent trend to go for “mid-life” replacements across the country may not be a bad thing given the supply chain issues with new aircraft.
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As long as they truly are ‘mid life’ and not ‘end of life’, like the A319’s currently heading to NWK, look at what happened to all other ex Spirit frames either side of the ones being added to the VH register.
Depending on who you talk to (basically anyone who’s not a QF fanboi), the ‘supply chain issue’ chestnut is an attempted justification for poor fleet planning, losing highly qualified and sort after LAME’s and out sourcing maintenance, in their typical Marketing PR spin…let’s try to deflect the blame elsewhere and use things Project Sunrise to try score some positive publicity.