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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.
As an added benefit to retaining the 767's, it also saves on the capital costs. An investment to sustain/upgrade the 767 is way cheaper then a brand new 787.
Factor in ownership costs to everything else and a 767 probably is pretty close to cost per seat mile, with lower trip costs, as the 787 is for east coast to Europe flights. So it helps that ROI the company is striving for.
DC