The Industry in Turmoil
Yet again a few months since I have added anything of interest. But in that very short time many areas in the industry seem to be struggling with escalating costs and operators are ‘folding’ every other day it seems. XL airlines is the latest in the UK and I was reading today that the expected cost of there demise is in the region of 40 million pounds! Some friends of mine were stuck in Canada after they went under and it cost over £1000 just to get a flight back home. Terrible really. On another note I recently attended a renewal course for the contractors HF certificate at Prestwick. There now seems to be a requirement for additional training regarding Fuel Tank work and CDCC Limitation’s. (Introduced by the FAA/Boeing for centre tanks - Not sure on Airbus’s take as yet) I would suggest any one concerned looks up the latest details on the CAA’s site.