As we talk about the trend of the 764, it got me thinking. There appears to be a WB retirement strategy emerging. Just like NBs go to ATL to die, it looks like the smaller WBs go to TCON/FL/HNL/CUN to die. With the 763s getting wound down, GH spoke of removing them from intl ops by 2028, then domestic flying until being fully parked in 2030. We continue deliveries of 339s and 350s, which get put on longer stages / upgauges / routes desiring better hard product. The jets that get displaced are either straight 763s that get retired/domesticated or 764s/332/333s which in turn replace a 763. I'd imagine senior 7ER pilots used to doing intl will still shift to the 765 category. But whats the future of the ER category?

I know we're due to retire small numbers of the 757 every year now, with the ages between the youngest and oldest quite spread out. The youngest still have another 10+ years. Wasn't there an announcement about putting glass displays in some of that fleet? Could they hypothetically config the newer 757z with a new cockpit so it can merge categories with the 764? We have 10ish 763s doing domestic flying today. By 2030, seems the shoe in role for the 21 764s would be NYC-LAX-HNL kinda stuff until their own retirements.