Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
With only 138 seats, probably not a huge issue most of the time. Brochure range for the LR is 4,000nm with 206 pax. Guess we will see though.
4000 miles quickly turns into 2800 miles with 150 knot headwinds, poor track altitude assignments and a alternate required on arrival. The 757 with the same 4000 mile range struggled in the winter. It was amusing to listen to the UAL EWR crews trying to beat each other into Gander for gas on 123.45.