I heard one person sitting on the board at AA also sits on the board at Boeing. Besides, why would we settle for anything "superior" (besides attitude)?

 

Since when is a heavy Airbus “superior” to a heavy Boeing? Not following the logic here. The 777 has had a mighty fine run. 787 has issues but so does the A350. Both are fine machines. I think it’s a wash

 

​​​​​​Have you been to the A350 sim? Do you know you can access the lav and bunk without stepping into the pax area? Have you seen the effin' space up front?
I find the 777 cockpit to be small for a widebody. Even the 78 is kinda small. I have jumpseated on both trans Atlantic. Space is king on long flights.

 

So it’s a space/bunk thing. Ok. I guess if that’s the definition of “superior” than the Bus wins. I think I recall that the 747 had bunks in the cockpit too.
I’m sure the airlines define it in a different way (fuel savings, range, etc.) Lots of research goes into what fleet for who. AA is Boeing heavy for their own reasons, but from what I’ve heard I believe the Boeings have better range. Whereas the Bus probably has better fuel burn. Who knows. Guess we’ll probably find a thousand different reasons.
I’ve been in the 350 sim. No doubt a nice ride.

 

seriously, someone needs to tell this person you don’t get hired into the 787….and at this point in the hiring process it’ll be 8 years plus to hold right seat I would think….cra cra.

 

Once we actually get all the 787’s on property, I bet it drops down to <3 years to hold

 

The reason I asked this question was because of the delays and general opinion that the 78 was basically designed with the same backwards approach as the MAX. Which is to say, cutting corners to chop costs at the expense of good engineering. Now we see the 78 delayed because of short term thinking and greed resulting in defects and losses in the long run. Boeing of course lays blame on the FAA instead of their own incompetent management. I can't help but think the forward thinking strategy would be to step away from Boeing until they demonstrate a focus on engineering airplanes rather than farming production out...which they're still doing to my knowledge.

It spells more missed opportunity down the road when AA really can't afford to miss anything. I'm looking for signs that things are turning around but feel like I just keep seeing more incompetence. The flights to Delhi not being able to use Russian airspace being yet another example. Is the new guy just going to be a long for the ride too?

 

Back to QOL... Is it possible to fly 60-70 hours per month at AA with swapping/dropping? Are there specific limits on such things?

 

Thats a great point and needs to be considered. AA must have gotten a much better deal from Boeing than Airbus

 

Depends on your seniority and what kind of trips yoj get. One days are easy to drop, five days are difficult. It also depends on the month. Some months I can easily drop to 40 ish hours, some months (like this one) they won’t let me swap a 3 day for a 3 day on the same days. They won’t even let me swap a 3 day for a 4 day right now….