Originally Posted by
PilotBases
Might as well do the XLR. Has some flap and wing tweaks to help heavier weights get off the deck, so you aren't just trading payload for fuel. We have 70 Neo options to go, wouldn't be difficult to make two dozen the XLRs.
Bonus would be using them on longer stuff elsewhere depending on the season. Use them for West coast to Hawaii November to April, then eastern US to Europe in the rest of the year. Yes before someone jumps down my throat on widebodies for TATL, Cargo, etc I get it. Just thinking about getting maximum use out of an asset like that. Easy enough to send them on MSP/DTW/JFK-KEF for the summer seasonal stuff. Gets network some various gauge to work with, and we know they like that. Prob could work on stuff like BOS-EDI/LIS where there's less likely to be cargo, and we can send that stuff on the heavies to JFK just down the road.
No. Absolutely not. Why trade away WB jobs.