Originally Posted by
ABK MAN
How many guys are trained and ready to fly the 757? I would think that these are FX crews flying them across the pond to MEM and then on to BFM for conversion. It is my understanding that the A/C will be operational in the FX system come late this year, so I would deduce that there are likely pilots and mechanics trained and ready to go?
There are a half dozen guys in the 757 project office that are type rated in the airplane now (trained at DAL in ATL) but only 3 of them are doing the ferry flights. Since we're getting every type of engine and cockpit cofiguration ever made (beggars can't be choosey when buying 90 used airplanes), Flt Stds is keeping the risk down by using a few hand picked guys to move them around.
First revenue flights won't occur before first quarter CY2008. Rumor has it that maintenance and engineering are behind already in their efforts to get the airplane.