Freight only on a passenger plane
03-20-2020, 11:23 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by climb150
Can a pax 777/787 or 767 make money just carrying belly freight?
I am only proposing this as freight rates are rising dramatically and airlines have a lot of wide bodies sitting around.
I am only proposing this as freight rates are rising dramatically and airlines have a lot of wide bodies sitting around.
On the other hand, I seriously doubt any of us have the data to actually crunch the numbers for a given aircraft at a given company...
03-21-2020, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Droopy
On the other hand, I seriously doubt any of us have the data to actually crunch the numbers for a given aircraft at a given company...
Never stopped anyone here before. 
03-22-2020, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by C17B74
Pull the seats, fill the main deck as well. Can’t be rocket science...
03-22-2020, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by goinaround
ATSG probably still has some of those little C containers that Airborne used for sliding in the passenger entry doors....
03-23-2020, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by C17B74
Pull the seats, fill the main deck as well (temporarily)during this crisis. Not a full conversion. Can’t be rocket science...
03-23-2020, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
Apparently you are unfamiliar with the FAA directives for securing main deck cargo.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nati...nes_Flight_102
03-31-2020, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
Apparently you are unfamiliar with the FAA directives for securing main deck cargo.
Regarding National which was very very unfortunate, I am very aware of requirements having flown the same type of cargo in/out of the very same air base using the same type of civilian aircraft as well as military initially. Very tragic.
Last edited by C17B74; 03-31-2020 at 11:37 PM.
03-31-2020, 11:14 PM
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Oh yeah, don’t pull the seats even easier. No worries at all now, unless their lithium batteries, NOTOC, etc. - doh!
Now- Lufthansa and others have cargo across the rows of seats on an Airbus with nets, etc. Just looking for ingenuity like this from smart people making it happen rather than sitting on the sidelines. Now that’s people getting it done, wonder what the FAA thinks about that. Nah, ICAO right - whatever. Good for them!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...9NdzMAUg1nVgYW
Now- Lufthansa and others have cargo across the rows of seats on an Airbus with nets, etc. Just looking for ingenuity like this from smart people making it happen rather than sitting on the sidelines. Now that’s people getting it done, wonder what the FAA thinks about that. Nah, ICAO right - whatever. Good for them!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...9NdzMAUg1nVgYW
Last edited by C17B74; 03-31-2020 at 11:35 PM.
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