I know this is meant to be a laugh, but the vagueness of this “article” has spurred this rumor across all the various chat groups.

Here’s why the 787 won’t work:

*Wide body gates are expensive.
*Ground handling can barely handle turning a narrow body, now we need cargo container lifts, large tugs, etc.
*The 787 need 3 GPUs to not shed, can be done with 2 minimum.
*High density seating would need a total overhaul in boarding process
*The “show up and go” mentality doesn’t work for long haul/etops/nat track/etc
*The chaser FA would be a nightmare with 8 doors (2 crews and 2 chasers maybe?)
*Depending on the length of the stage, 8-9 hours or more you need 1.5-2 planes per route to provide a daily service. That’s half a billion to open a longer destination (i.e. Rio/Buenos Aires). We could fly them domestic but do the added infrastructure costs make it worthwhile?

Sure these issues can be overcome, but it’s migrating to a whole other operating model that doesn’t jive with how we do it now.