Originally Posted by
mrmak2
They seem to be doing a lot of Florida stuff with the bus right now. And the are always breaking. JetBlue seems to get back and forth way more consistently.
Mechanics don't like seeing them down there, and apparently they don't have spare parts for them.
Also the airbus doesn't seem to have tvs. Don't think that'll work for a transcon
I commute from FL....and, yes, some (old LCAL) techs are biased....they'll get over it as fifi parts are stocked...at the same time it is probably true that a Brand new guppy'ER has fewer maint issues.
The only guppy subfleet with transcon issues are the 12 -900's. All the other 250+ have none. Putting the 753's on Hawaii is a reflection of the large number of milage program tickets redeemed...by far the two lowest cost per seat mile
are the 753 and 739/739ER.