Originally Posted by
USNFDX
Back to the subject at hand....what was it....oh yeah, 757s.
I was told by a dude from flight test that the company had made the decision to reconfigure 757s with a 6 display honeywell system.
....it will be reclassified a MD57 and will share a common type rating with the MD11/10.......
No, you've got it all wrong. If they did that they would have to pay 757 guys widebody pay.
The 75s will be retrofitted with steam gauges, five different autopilots and when they remove the autothrottles they will install a non-functional third power lever. This will meet FAA requirements for a common 727/757 type rating which will show up on your ticket as "STEAM BOEING/FEDEX ONLY".