Wazua
»
Investor
»
Stocks
»
Kenya Airways...why ignore..
Rank: New-farer Joined: 2/20/2015 Posts: 23
|
777s maybe but pilots....no, in fact there are more in training Still learning...
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 5/8/2008 Posts: 288
|
maru101 wrote:777s maybe but pilots....no, in fact there are more in training Why train more pilots when you are getting rid of the fleet?
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
|
VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? There is somewhere on this thread I talked about this...yes it's true. possunt quia posse videntur
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 3/1/2014 Posts: 82
|
Jitahidi wrote:maru101 wrote:777s maybe but pilots....no, in fact there are more in training Why train more pilots when you are getting rid of the fleet? They're replacing old fleets with the new one's thus the need as they need more captains. “The beauty of success is that it doesn’t matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.” - Mark Cuban
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 3/1/2014 Posts: 82
|
VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. “The beauty of success is that it doesn’t matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.” - Mark Cuban
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
|
Kastone wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. It's not a rumour it's totally true there is even an impending go slow from the pilots as 11 have been told they will be retired 2 years early...as for the planes they are being leased out. possunt quia posse videntur
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 5/27/2008 Posts: 3,760
|
maka wrote:Kastone wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. It's not a rumour it's totally true there is even an impending go slow from the pilots as 11 have been told they will be retired 2 years early...as for the planes they are being leased out. There are no routes in the forseable future to sustain the -300 which had been ordered. There may be space for the existing -200, but its crew is quite expensive to maintain. Take a 777 which does nbo-dubai-hongkong. You need a set of crew to take it to Dubai, a second set to take it to Hong Kong, another set to return it to Dubai and the set in Dubai to bring it back to nbo. You also need a fourth set as relief. That's four sets to run a single plane. At its basic level you need four sets, but with clever crew management one can get away with three. A 777 captain takes home1.5 metres before allowances. Because of type approval issues, 777 crew can't be deployed say to 787 or 737 or even embraers (haha)
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 14,321 Location: nairobi
|
Gordon Gekko wrote:maka wrote:Kastone wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. It's not a rumour it's totally true there is even an impending go slow from the pilots as 11 have been told they will be retired 2 years early...as for the planes they are being leased out. There are no routes in the forseable future to sustain the -300 which had been ordered. There may be space for the existing -200, but its crew is quite expensive to maintain. Take a 777 which does nbo-dubai-hongkong. You need a set of crew to take it to Dubai, a second set to take it to Hong Kong, another set to return it to Dubai and the set in Dubai to bring it back to nbo. You also need a fourth set as relief. That's four sets to run a single plane. At its basic level you need four sets, but with clever crew management one can get away with three. A 777 captain takes home1.5 metres before allowances. Because of type approval issues, 777 crew can't be deployed say to 787 or 737 or even embraers (haha) Please remove the haha at the end. It seems intent to injure my spirits.. :) www.businessdailyafrica....20/-/mfcti7/-/index.html COOP, IMH, KEGN, KQ, MTNU
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
|
Gordon Gekko wrote:maka wrote:Kastone wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. It's not a rumour it's totally true there is even an impending go slow from the pilots as 11 have been told they will be retired 2 years early...as for the planes they are being leased out. There are no routes in the forseable future to sustain the -300 which had been ordered. There may be space for the existing -200, but its crew is quite expensive to maintain. Take a 777 which does nbo-dubai-hongkong. You need a set of crew to take it to Dubai, a second set to take it to Hong Kong, another set to return it to Dubai and the set in Dubai to bring it back to nbo. You also need a fourth set as relief. That's four sets to run a single plane. At its basic level you need four sets, but with clever crew management one can get away with three. A 777 captain takes home1.5 metres before allowances. Because of type approval issues, 777 crew can't be deployed say to 787 or 737 or even embraers (haha) On route matters,Tanzanian Civil Aviation has written to its Kenyan counterpart asking them to tell KQ to halve (Sp) their flights to Tz. possunt quia posse videntur
|
|
|
Rank: Chief Joined: 1/3/2007 Posts: 18,380 Location: Nairobi
|
maka wrote:Gordon Gekko wrote:maka wrote:Kastone wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:I heard that KQ is cutting back on some 777s and pilots ... any truth to this? Rumor was there and dismissed but you can't rule it out either. It's not a rumour it's totally true there is even an impending go slow from the pilots as 11 have been told they will be retired 2 years early...as for the planes they are being leased out. There are no routes in the forseable future to sustain the -300 which had been ordered. There may be space for the existing -200, but its crew is quite expensive to maintain. Take a 777 which does nbo-dubai-hongkong. You need a set of crew to take it to Dubai, a second set to take it to Hong Kong, another set to return it to Dubai and the set in Dubai to bring it back to nbo. You also need a fourth set as relief. That's four sets to run a single plane. At its basic level you need four sets, but with clever crew management one can get away with three. A 777 captain takes home1.5 metres before allowances. Because of type approval issues, 777 crew can't be deployed say to 787 or 737 or even embraers (haha) On route matters,Tanzanian Civil Aviation has written to its Kenyan counterpart asking them to tell KQ to halve (Sp) their flights to Tz. Why? And KCAA should ignore the TCAA. After all, let KQ make a private/economic decision. Of course, this is Tanzania we are talking about. They are all about the double-speak. They were against the Northern Corridor (Coalition of the Willing) but now they attend the meetings though I remain suspicious. I think they plan to sabotage the Northern Corridor. Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
|
|
|
Wazua
»
Investor
»
Stocks
»
Kenya Airways...why ignore..
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.
|