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Anyone notice that there are 98 estimated lines on the system bid for March LAX Airbus? Can someone explain the math on how 10 321s can produce 98 lines?

Maybe they will be ultra efficient with the frames.

18 hours flying a day x 30 days x 10 frames = 5,400 block hours. Divide that by 75 (min guarantee) you get 72 hard lines. Add in the fluff of vacation and training and maybe that’s how they arrived at those estimated bid blocks. Wish I was still on it I would park myself on reserve and not work.

Sounds like a reasonable chance we just might be placing an order for 20 more 321’s 😉

I think an order for 20 + 30 options would make sense. That, plus the existing 10, would replace the planned 60 MAX 10s that may never show up.

Cheers - Rob.

The ones we are interested in have a pretty girl painted on the tail

Works for me. Anything that keeps and adds 321NEOs.

Cheers - Rob.

P.S. I think Hawaiian has 18 (w/ Pratt engines).

United has a pretty girl on the tail? Why would anyone be interested when Southwest is buying AS. Is the 321 order part of the the AA merger? Or was it the JetBlue acquisition you said was happening? Help us out with the future!

For the Oct 1 bid, estimate lines for LAX 737 CA was 152.


Actual? 118.


First time this year I ended up back on reserve. I take those estimate lines of flying with a fairly decent grain of salt.

128+ 17 OF = 145 Planned Nov 1st 2022= 146 🤷‍♂️

LAX 320 lines will likely be 80- 85 lines + 5-7 OF lines

Correct, and the Nov bid award estimated 146 bid blocks and actual was 128 lines + 17 OF = 145 so the reality for November was pretty accurate.