It claims that it is merely benefiting customers willing to enter into long-term deals by giving them discounted aeroplanes and a favoured place in the queue fordelivery when the industry is booming (as it is now).
Mr Mair said decisions had to be made on care delivery pilots, as there was good profiling work for the very long term until 2030 and 2060 but he was unclear how Scotland would get through the next five years.
Brent Crude even went into backwardation, a market structure in which near-term delivery contracts trade at higher prices than longer-termed contracts on fears that supply will be disrupted for an extended amount of time.