UPS Aircraft
05-28-2008 | 06:23 PM
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UPS Aircraft
I've seen many threads on the opinion that UPS is in need of capacity. Is this still the case?? Are aircraft that difficult to find these days? The state of the industry, bankruptcies... Aren't aircraft available due to these things?? Any reason why the 777 was never looked at or considered? What will the DC-8 eventually be replaced by and when? Will be nice, I would think, for UPS to have an all two pilot fleet.
05-28-2008 | 06:31 PM
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Supposedly the 777 has been looked at recently due to ever higher fuel costs. It has awesome performance numbers, something like what the MD-11 can carry but around 1500 nm further. The difficulty lies in finding cargo conversion slots, not the a/c themselves. Just ask FedEx about the 757 conversion, which has taken longer then expected. Very interesting times in the cargo a/c arena.
05-28-2008 | 09:04 PM
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I've seen many threads on the opinion that UPS is in need of capacity. Is this still the case?? Are aircraft that difficult to find these days? The state of the industry, bankruptcies... Aren't aircraft available due to these things?? Any reason why the 777 was never looked at or considered? What will the DC-8 eventually be replaced by and when? Will be nice, I would think, for UPS to have an all two pilot fleet.
The rest of it, Who knows. They don't until they have arrived. I'm biased to 3 man/person crews. More pilot jobs for everyone.
05-28-2008 | 09:22 PM
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N290UP - MD11. Flew that one the other day to the Kong. You can sign me off for 6 and 12 month recurrent. That sucka is a flying AQP testbed.
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05-28-2008 | 09:25 PM
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05-28-2008 | 09:35 PM
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Supposedly the 777 has been looked at recently due to ever higher fuel costs. It has awesome performance numbers, something like what the MD-11 can carry but around 1500 nm further. The difficulty lies in finding cargo conversion slots, not the a/c themselves. Just ask FedEx about the 757 conversion, which has taken longer then expected. Very interesting times in the cargo a/c arena.
Oh well, two aspirins and back to bed, I think that was a roofie, not viagara that I took last night.
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05-28-2008 | 09:45 PM
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I've seen many threads on the opinion that UPS is in need of capacity. Is this still the case?? Are aircraft that difficult to find these days? The state of the industry, bankruptcies... Aren't aircraft available due to these things?? Any reason why the 777 was never looked at or considered? What will the DC-8 eventually be replaced by and when? Will be nice, I would think, for UPS to have an all two pilot fleet.
Also in the cargo thread you can probably see that UPS will start deliveries of 767-300s in 2009-almost 30 in the original order. I speculate there may be more down the road due to the failure of Boeing to secure the Air Force's tanker order...just speculation on my part.
Hope that scratches the surface of your question...
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05-29-2008 | 06:11 AM
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Also in the cargo thread you can probably see that UPS will start deliveries of 767-300s in 2009-almost 30 in the original order. I speculate there may be more down the road due to the failure of Boeing to secure the Air Force's tanker order...just speculation on my part
05-29-2008 | 08:17 PM
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Sniper,
I'm not sure, but I think I flew some of those ABX 767-200s when I flew for TWA.
I think they were long gone when your airline acquired my former airline.
What is American's long term plans for their 767-300's ?
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I'm not sure, but I think I flew some of those ABX 767-200s when I flew for TWA.
I think they were long gone when your airline acquired my former airline.
What is American's long term plans for their 767-300's ?
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