Originally Posted by
Cogf16
Just got back from CQ and the "Pub" event in ATL. Heard 2 different but similar RFP rumors from Instructors/DALPA guys:
-25 350's and 25 787 announced between Tgiving and christmas
-Combo of 330, 350 and 787-900, to be announced before Thanksgiving.
Also heard a fleeting rumor of used 777's (really cheap)
Like both the rumors especially the Boeing part.
But what 787's would they be? We already have them coming in 2020 and here we are almost 2015. Even if they announced it at the end of the year, it would probably take several years to get them, so is this an RFP for something we already ordered in an old RFP?
And the big question is long term, how much if any of that lift will be growth? If our business plan over the Atlantic is really to just pull down highr block hour directs and shuttle pax less distance to EU hubs in larger widebodies (but not too large of course) then we can replace a whole lot of ER block hours with a lot less pilots by shifting that lift to 330/787/777's.