Originally Posted by
Bosco
So...maybe, possibly, if the price is right (work for free?), we could potentially get 30 shiny new jets within just five short years?
When do the "at lest 20" Q400's get parked?
I don't see how this deal could in any way be a bad deal for the QX pilot group.
No thanks.
The leases on the first 12 airframes are expiring at the end of 2016, and despite the fact that management had said "no decision has been made" about possibly renewing some of those leases a couple months ago, it now appears those airplanes are going back to the lessees.
Assuming all the leased airplanes are on 15 year terms, 12 airplanes would go away by the end of 2015 and two by the end of 2016, after which point I think the remaining airframes are owned by Air Group, so they could be parked whenever.