Originally Posted by
Squallrider
How long to get Airbus program up and running? I know we will fly it like a 300 but we can surely do it in less than a year.
We started a 321 program years before the first one arrived, and we already had Airbus's in our fleet.. For the 787, we have guys getting trained and managers managing already and the a/c doesn't arrive until late 2021...
SWA has never flown anything but a 737, so I'd guess very few on your sen. list with much Airbus experience.
It also took SWA over a year to get ETOPS certified..
I'd say it'll take more than a year to get a new fleet program up and running.. Especially being a whole different way of doing things. If SWA started today, it wouldn't be flying before July 20, 2020
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