RichardMEL
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So anyway poor old cursed Nancy Bird (-OQA) went U/S in LAX which caused most of the cascade issues... I believe it was an engine or flap issue(but could be corrected on that). Even today/s QF35/36 has been downgraded to an A330 as the fallout is still going on.
There were also big delays out of LHR over the weekend too
Really QF must despise these dogs at times because they seem to be so plagued by injuries while those workhorse 77W's just keep going on and on. I have a feeling it's also due to these been relatively early build 380's too.
The fleet reliability of late has been poor, but made so much worse if just one shell is out of service because there's no spares and it throws everything out - and the enormous capacity is that much harder to cover - specially when the 744's are also on the way out
There were also big delays out of LHR over the weekend too
Really QF must despise these dogs at times because they seem to be so plagued by injuries while those workhorse 77W's just keep going on and on. I have a feeling it's also due to these been relatively early build 380's too.
The fleet reliability of late has been poor, but made so much worse if just one shell is out of service because there's no spares and it throws everything out - and the enormous capacity is that much harder to cover - specially when the 744's are also on the way out