Originally Posted by
oicur12
"Hawaiian is ordering a paper airplane at this point and Airbus has a history of over promising and under performing"
Every manufacturer has.
"Every Boeing airplane outperforms the Airbus equivalent in its market niche."
Ahhhh, not true my friend.
"That is why you see airbus narrow body's stuck at FL 390 and below"
Ive flown 319/320/321 with different engines in the tropics and in the cold places and although its been almost 10 years, I do recall spending a lot of time sitting at 37 and 39 looking way down there at 737's.
I was referring to actual performance I.e. altitude capability and performance numbers within the market segment. The next gen 737 is a lot better than the Airbus narrow body's . The NEO may be better, we haven't seen the numbers yet. And Boeing has the Max coming.
You may have flown over 737 classics but I doubt they were 700s or 800s. They always seem to be above me as I fly.
I don't know how this discussion got morphed into Hawaiian bashing or even Airbus bashing. I wanted to point out some issues I see based on what I have flown and the places I have flown to. Hawaiian and Airbus may have worked out all the engineering details to ensure that the westbound Hawaiian flying can be done safely. I just would like to see the numbers because my airline will want to do the same. Our 757s are aging and will need to be replaced in the next 7 years.