Originally Posted by
flyallnite
WHOAH, pump the brakes T! Not FNWA myself, but I'll take that as a compliment!
. You did pick up on the quotes. I did beg the question. Where else in our system do we need the capacity and range? If this were true, I'm just wondering what the plan would be for those airframes... always thought we should have more of them though, great plane.
I don't see it as a 747 replacement, yet, even the 777-300, we are still finding good use for the whales.
Why not 777 ?
Pricey, a330 cheaper.
More airframes= more routes or airplanes to the desert. Maybe we are just upgauging.
Do we still have Boeing over a barrel WRT the 787 deliveries? Could explain some recent and future orders
Didn't say you were fNWA... I said that they have a lovefest with the 787.
As to the A330 vs 777. Airbus (yuck) vs Boeing (yay) nuff said.
I think the whales will be around awhile until oil hits a certain point, then they become expensive. I have no idea what that point is, but the 777s can carry almost as much a lot farther, so the roles of the 747s could be diminished to hub to hub stuff or maybe charter.. I dunno..
I just hope we get a change of command in November and we can get on with the business of running the country the way it was meant to be run.