Originally Posted by
BluePAX
Another good question about the MD flying is the ANC base. Pacific ETOPS flying will eventually be approved for 76, and the new building/ramp space will be available within a reasonable timeframe from that. Plenty of 777's to be seen on the ramp already, negating the idea they only overfly ANC.
Question is; does it become a domicile for 777/767/ or none of the above.
Several of the northern NOPAC routes don’t even require ETOPS to use them. We’re flying 767s between ICN-ANC already. Too many times to count I flew from ANC to Asia non-ETOPS on the 777, so that’s hardly a show stopper if the company wants to use the 76 out
of there. Personally I don’t see it being a widespread option. Maybe some niche cities that need supplemental lift but the 76 is hardly a replacement for the MD on most Asia cities out of ANC.
I also don’t understand the deadhead out of ANC for freight recovery being a domicile limiting issue. The company’s long time solution has always been to revise us in the field and deadhead new bodies to back fill which allows them to take multiple days to get new blood in theater. If ease of DH was a domicile killer we’d have put MEM, IND and even CGN out to pasture years ago. Shoot, sometime we can’t even build pairings with deadheads to Europe out of MEM that can be done in just one duty period.