where are they going to park all the planes?

[Cupramax]

HoHoHo said:

I know three easyJet pilots (one an examiner and instructor) and they are all under the impression there’s no flying until end of June or thereabouts currently.

I asked about the sim and that’s also shut.

The examiner expects about a weeks notice for flying, everyone gets a quick go/refresher in the sim and away we go.

I’m sure he said rules are currently being relaxed slightly about licensing hours etc.

My BA pilot friends are currently moving different aircraft around to park them up. A320’s for example down to Bournemouth, 25 down there currently and there will be 42 down there in total shortly.

Wow, it’s going to be some sight! Just seen an A319 arrive, just for a change.

[patchb]

A few parked up at Bournemouth yesterday

[XJSJohn]

According to flightradar24 there were 8,500 planes in the air at about this time on the 19th October.

Right now its showing 4,600!! Thats a lot of planes parked up and flight crews stood down around the world!!

And only about 830 over the whole of Europe!

Edited by XJSJohn on Friday 27th March 10:25

[Zirconia]

Bournemouth from the air
https://twitter.com/NPASSouthWest/status/124351671...

|https://thumbsnap.com/dfdY7hSm[/url]

Cardiff Jumbo parking
https://twitter.com/NPASSouthWest/status/124352082...

Edited by Zirconia on Friday 27th March 12:54

Edited by Zirconia on Friday 27th March 12:55

[MarkwG]

Zirconia said:

Bournemouth from the air
https://twitter.com/NPASSouthWest/status/124351671...

|https://thumbsnap.com/dfdY7hSm[/url]

That's going to take some careful unpicking if you want just one out of the pack...

[DavieBNL]

What a picture - really quite shocking; what does the future hold.

[TCEvo]

Lots of pics via Insta & Twitter - ones from the USA of Delta & American's stationary jets are quite something.

[mcdjl]

TCEvo said:

Lots of pics via Insta & Twitter - ones from the USA of Delta & American's stationary jets are quite something.

any hashtags to search for?

[aeropilot]

DavieBNL said:

What a picture - really quite shocking; what does the future hold.

From someone who was in the industry up to today, all be it ground based, the future looks very bleak at the moment.

Am seeing posts elsewhere that Easy Jet are stopping ALL operations next Tuesday.

[TCEvo]

mcdjl said:

TCEvo said:

Lots of pics via Insta & Twitter - ones from the USA of Delta & American's stationary jets are quite something.

any hashtags to search for?

On Insta they just popped up on my feed. On Twitter I just searched for 'parked planes'.

[DavieBNL]

Found this: https://samchui.com/2020/03/26/covid-19-grounded-a...

[ukaskew]

DavieBNL said:

Found this: https://samchui.com/2020/03/26/covid-19-grounded-a...

Some neat and very colour coordinated parking at Hong Kong.

[surveyor]

I’m impressed they all found there engine covers.

[djc206]

aeropilot said:

From someone who was in the industry up to today, all be it ground based, the future looks very bleak at the moment.

Am seeing posts elsewhere that Easy Jet are stopping ALL operations next Tuesday.

I’m still of the opinion that although this will have a lasting impact on aviation we’ll all be back flying around for the sheer hell of it within 12 months. I know for certain that I’ll be back in the sky as a passenger as soon as it’s permitted. The alternative is holidaying in the UK which with a couple of exceptions is my idea of hell, anyone who has been to Cornwall in July or August would surely concur.

[SydneyBridge]

Everyone will be so desperate for a holiday when this is all over and the airlines and tour operators will be eager to get some money coming in

[The Mad Monk]

On a related note. Not planes, but boats.

P & O Cruises are bringing all their ships back to Southampton. No new cruises starting until April 12th (they'll be lucky!). The Arcadia which at the moment is in Durban, with one more stop in Tenerife, is scheduled to get back to Soton on 12th April.

The cruise industry, like so many others must have been hit very hard.

[hammo19]

Imagine the logistics of replanning all those on hold holidays......it’s going to affect new bookings unless they blend them

[J4CKO]

Blippy said:

48k said:

J4CKO said:

I was told airlines typically want the planes flying regularly, even now to keep them in readiness and also the pilots need to keep their hours up, does that sound accurate ?

Sounds rubbish to me. Engineering will look after the aircraft and crews will use simulators.

Not rubbish at all; depends on the airframe but some of them will have to be looked after differently ("storage maintenance" as mentioned above) within as little as 7 days sitting un-flown.

Some operators will be flying circuits fairly soon.

My son works for Ryanair and he told me that, heard the same thing and there was a Flightradar trace of one of theirs doing a short circuit, the poster was also Ryanair staff and he said the same thing.

There is no reason they cant really if they arent flying passengers to prohibited destinations, perhaps Ryanair want to be first out of the blocks when the restrictions get lifted.

[Cupramax]

Guarantee Ryanair will be straight out of the blocks if and when this finally gets lifted, there’ll be an almighty stampede for holiday destinations that are open.

[valiant]

Saw this on YouTube and thought of this thread.

https://youtu.be/yTU6XBtmjgs