Originally Posted by
Probe
I agree. The unplanned retaining of all lUAL 763's was to put a proper airplane on some of the longer Europe routes flown by lCAL 757's. 117 made fuel stops on the way back too painful/illegal. What will the 757's do? Not sure, but probably less productive, like you said.
Hopefully they will put the 757's back on Hawaii flights or transcons where they belong vs 73's.
I hope there is growth. 900 pilots this year doesn't make any sense if there isn't.
That is exactly what I hope will happen. 757s formerly flying Europe and now to Hawaii frees the stretch 737s from Hawaii for Transcon.
That frees shorty 737s for select markets that currently have lots of RJs but no mainline. As the RJ fleet shrinks, baby 737s and 319s get some of that.
Not growth per se in block hours---just flown other places.
Again, this is what I
hope will happen.