Originally Posted by
Flying Monkey
Gleaned this from another thread. It was in a request Delta is making to extend the use of the 88. I had been looking for an 'official' retirement schedule. Of course this will soon change I'm sure.
Ok so how do I add a pic here?
I'm sure we could get regional exemptions. NYC and ATL may be too high density and precision demanding by then, but DTW, MSP, CVG, IND and many other hubs and focus cities (and the vast majority of the outstations they serve) won't need to be anywhere near 0.0000000001nm precision or whatever the white paper fantasy is this week.
We had wobbly needle DC-9's a half decade or so ago. The 88/90 is way, way accurate enough for the overwhelming vast majority of markets in the country for many more years.
This should be a very easy exemption to get if we end up needing it. We'll just have to accept a few off limits markets. Big deal.