Originally Posted by
tcswede
Just look at the number of people on FT who are gunning for this and there will be more from other boeards - 50 - 100 is likely if not more. Bear in mind that a 100 is already 5 % of what the basis was when the programme was launched in 2004.
hi thomas,
i can understand your fear (as well as SOGs and Rambusters) - i just looked up the survey in the german VFT forum. most of the people using this promotion seem to head for SEN rather than HON.
51 are interested in one roundtrip
16 are interested in two roundtrips
3 in three roundtrips
4 in four roundtrips
9 in five roundtrips
8 in six roundtrips
that's just showing the interest. i guess at least 50% of them will finally drop out anyway.
as you can see that this distribution might cause a lot of logistics trouble for this group 'cause not everyone wants the same amount of trips. moreover there is not one and only "organizer" but many out there. and there are availability constraints on the LHPJ aircraft.
so from my perspective the impact on the number of new/requalified HONs will be not that high (compared to the number of SENs).
cheers
CHris