Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

Some of this is true...BUT: The 787s that NW was going to get were so poorly built that they had to do rather special things to get the fuselage sections to fit. They were sitting out at PAE for years looking for hopefully someone to take their screwed up first builds.

As far as who needs Boeings when you can buy Airbus for less than half the price, guess how we got the 739s? They can barely give that plane away. We bought it for hawaii and it still can't perform.... having to be pulled off of it. Good thing we got ETOPS on them!

The A333 (and 300IGW) carries the same amount of people and cargo as a 777, while weighing 100,000 lbs less. Which is the better choice for the 9-13 hour mission given that knowledge?