Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
The 757s will be in the fleet for some time. The 757-300s will be in the fleet until 2030. Also all the 757s are being sent to heavy maintenance ($1M cost per plane) and they 757-300s are being equipped with Satcom. The A-321’s aren’t a replacement and we still need the lift. They wouldn’t be spending the money and having training at max capacity if they were going to park the planes. Not to mention the 757s and 767s are all paid off and printing money.
-300 is a nice plane… HF checks over pacific sucks a bit… glad satcom in works… know when?