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I just read that the A332’s are coming out of storage. Is this true??

Where did you read that? I doubt it. The last "rumor" was that the 777-200 fleet was slowly going to be put out to pasture as they came up on their D checks because the maintenance cost too much $$$...which makes sense because they're around 25 years old now and can't really do anything for AA that the 787 can't. Unless there's something on the financial side (leases, sales, costs) that I'm unaware of, I seriously doubt AA is going to add a third widebody fleet to get 15 jets back on the property (the size of the 332 fleet when it was retired 3 years ago). Is there even a 330 sim on the property anymore? Or was that a US Air sim they got rid of? With the cancellation of US AIrs order for 22 A350s I wouldn't expect to see any airbus widebodies in the fleet...and with the increasing focus of AA as a domestic airline that probably fits the bill.

would make sense considering all the 787 delays. Assuming we still have a sim.

That’s the most unsubstantiated rumor I’ve heard in a while. Useless thread.

Apparently it came in a FA blast email…said bringing it back for peak summer 2024 flying PHL CLT and MIA. Pretty sure the 330 sims are still in CLT. Big if True

Link or source?

May have been omitted for sake of clarity, but I don’t remember seeing sims for anything besides the four aircraft AA has on any of the training center maps.

But seriously doubt AA would add a small, already dead, fleet back in the mix. The costs would be astronomical. Yes, the planes are undoubtedly paid for, but the training churn that would be created…. That was the whole reason for the fleet simplification to four.

Besides, AA is talking to Airbuss and Boeing for up to two hundred more on the narrow body fleet, and it has been pretty clear that is AA’s focus now.

the line>daily AA operations> A330-200

have fun

🤔🤮…no thanks

Fair

Filler

Not true. They have been gone for a couple of years.

I am not holding my breath.

Can't have pilots cross the Atlantic in a nice roomy WB cockpit!

The source is an old company blast that has been poorly photoshopped.

fake

What's the point making up this crap? If it was an AA employee that person clearly has too much free time, and somebody ought to call scheduling.

Then it must be true

only the most accurate of all info

Sorry guys/gals. Wow, would that be have been awesome if true.

If it came from the FA side of the house you know the info is pretty solid.

The A330 sims have been gone for awhile now, replaced with a CRJ and a 320 NEO. The CLT Training Center is now full.

That said, I'm sure that the A32F fleet would selflessly donate sims 2 and 3 to be converted to A330s, if we could add a wing and 2 more A320 NEO sims.

Of all the things I've heard recently, this is the hardest to believe. Will probably happen.

I'd more likely believe a 777X order than this....

There’s a rumor going around that AA is kicking the tires on a dozen or so Cathay 773ERs. This was after they did the same with a bunch of 773s from a ME carrier that fell through.

I don’t think AA could afford 777Xs, nor would Boeing make them cheap enough.

my last CQT the 330 sim shipped out from the charlotte building. One of the techs told me delta bought it.

Adds insult to the injury.