Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
Yep. A complete re-design of the 737 will take more than 10 years. About the best thing they can do is re-open the 757 line and hang GTF's on that airframe. Making the A320 15% more efficient makes it a viable transcon airframe and would allow us to have an all Airbus domestic fleet. That could save us alot of money vs. having a domestic fleet of 5 different types.
Delta wishes they would reopen that line
Heck they did that, took out on of the hyd systems and put new motors on it, that sucker would sell like wild fire.