Originally Posted by
MarineFAC
FWIW - the new training/Fly Center is going to have 24 simulator bays. 18 will be filled with 73 NG/Max sims with the remaining six to filled with an as yet to be determined second airframe. Speculation last March was 76/78 airframes to go to Hawaii, deep South Am and possible Europe. Max has the range to do it, but would leave $Millions in cargo rev on the ramp. Makes sense from the perspective, but that was rumor from the guy in the in the third ****ter on the left at the training center.
Exactly...
The company loves to start and spread rumors like this. The training center staff told our class about the "secret" 787 orders and bigger airframes the day we showed up.
After you fly the line a little bit and see how the company treats going to Mexico like going to the moon, I cannot even imagine the drama involved with getting a second airframe. The training center would literally lose their $hit and the legions of F-15 guys working in the brick building would start a syllabus from scratch and figure out how to fly it just like a 737. (No offense to F-15 guys, many of whom are my friends, but that is how things work around here)
It ain't gonna happen, at least not organically.