Originally Posted by
oldmako
What are the negatives associated with the Rolls engines?
I flew the 3 spool 757 and loved it. Starts in a flash, and seemed to have more guts left at cruise than the Pratts.
The RR engines on the 787 have some kind of severe design flaw. The current owners are restricted from certain ETOPs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...engine-variant
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...s-powered-787s
Who knows, maybe the flaw gives UAL an out on their contract?