BA to lease 9 Qatar A320s + crews during strike
Jun 23, 2017, 5:42 am
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And I think their non-EU pilots can fly in and out of the UK, no? Doubt they 'need permission to work in the UK', other than the usual pilot visas.
I am also wondering how much this is all costing!
Surely more than just giving the MF cabin crew a pay raise no?
I find this behaviour not right at all to be honest. Wet-leasing 9 aircraft must cost a decent amount of cash!
Jun 23, 2017, 5:44 am
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Jun 23, 2017, 6:53 am
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We have a precedent then
Bring on the bird
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Jun 23, 2017, 6:54 am
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Jun 23, 2017, 7:05 am
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QR has 35 A320 (not including the parked neo) and BA 67. 9 A320 is probably not going to make a dent in either carriers operation. The A320 coming to BA will probably be the 144 seaters that only have recliners in the front cabin.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:06 am
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By crew I meant cabin crew. These are wet leases, they come with Qatari cabin crew. Which means there must be enough Qatari cabin crew who are trained on short-haul but still have permission to work in the UK, which I found odd.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:13 am
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Nice black leather interior but appalling seat pitch in Y and no IFE at all. There are four A320s in a C12 Y168 config according to wikipedia. IIRC they have wifi but I've never taken a long flight on one of these and my heart does sink whenever we get one, even for a 30 min flight.
QR shorthaul Y service tends to be a 'warm sandwich' and a glass of juice. I've only flown intra-GCC F/J on the 777, 787 or A330.
6 hours DOH-WAW in Y on an A320 was too long for me, even in the 'proper' QR spec.
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Jun 23, 2017, 7:14 am
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BTW, I would expect QR to train all cabin crew for both short haul and long haul, but if not, someone doing long haul could learn the basics of short haul pretty easily I would think.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:15 am
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Lots of EU cabin crew on QR, mainly central and eastern European. So no problem from a 'work permit' POV. I assume licensing is similar.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:17 am
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Ah, the leftovers from the abortive Saudi LCC. Which looks even more unlikely now
Nice black leather interior but appalling seat pitch in Y and no IFE at all. There are four A320s in a C12 Y68 config according to wikipedia. IIRC they have wifi but I've never taken a long flight on one of these and my heart does sink whenever we get one, even for a 30 min flight.
QR shorthaul Y service tends to be a 'warm sandwich' and a glass of juice. I've only flown intra-GCC F/J on the 777, 787 or A330.
6 hours DOH-WAW in Y on an A320 was too long for me, even in the 'proper' QR spec.
Nice black leather interior but appalling seat pitch in Y and no IFE at all. There are four A320s in a C12 Y68 config according to wikipedia. IIRC they have wifi but I've never taken a long flight on one of these and my heart does sink whenever we get one, even for a 30 min flight.
QR shorthaul Y service tends to be a 'warm sandwich' and a glass of juice. I've only flown intra-GCC F/J on the 777, 787 or A330.
6 hours DOH-WAW in Y on an A320 was too long for me, even in the 'proper' QR spec.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:26 am
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If you look at the QR fleet here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qatar...ays-fleet.html
you get:
320H v1: recliners J in 2-2 config, WiFi. A7-AHA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,L,O
320H v2: recliners J in 2-2 config., no AVOD. A7-ADA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J
320M (Al-Maha): recliners J in 2-2 config, no AVOD, WiFi. A7-LAA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H
The A320M are sparingly used right now, mainly to places like SLL, BSR, BGW etc. Enjoy!
you get:
320H v1: recliners J in 2-2 config, WiFi. A7-AHA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,L,O
320H v2: recliners J in 2-2 config., no AVOD. A7-ADA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J
320M (Al-Maha): recliners J in 2-2 config, no AVOD, WiFi. A7-LAA,B,C,D,E,F,G,H
The A320M are sparingly used right now, mainly to places like SLL, BSR, BGW etc. Enjoy!
Jun 23, 2017, 7:37 am
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As these are effectively short-term charters, the crew may not necessarily need a right to work in the EEA.
Jun 23, 2017, 7:42 am
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Why do you find it odd? QR send their 320s everywhere. They even had a 319 regularly scheduled to London for a while.