767pilot

Lekites was talking about them as DC8 replacements for the 8's coming out of storage, so here would have to be. After the new ones are here and the 8's aren't, we would again be short planes. They are talking to airbus about AA's fleet as conversions, and Boeing about more used conversions, but the 787 mess has that pipeline slowed down

Precontact

Which Boeings for conversions was he referring to? 747s? 767s? 777s?

Aren't the A300s a different version than the ones we bought? Besides being pax birds. Interesting, the A300 is our only pure fleet right now.

According to airfleets.net American Airlines Fleet of A300 (Active) - Airfleets

Airbus A300 Active with American Airlines

MSN | Type | Delivery date | Registration | Remark

423 300-605R 21/04/1988 N91050

459 300-605R 11/05/1988 N50051

460 300-605R 31/05/1988 N80052

461 300-605R 23/06/1988 N70054

463 300-605R 29/06/1988 N14056

465 300-605R 31/08/1988 N80057

466 300-605R 09/09/1988 N80058

469 300-605R 19/09/1988 N19059

470 300-605R 13/10/1988 N11060

471 300-605R 25/10/1988 N14061

474 300-605R 15/11/1988 N7062A

506 300-605R 02/02/1989 N41063

507 300-605R 15/02/1989 N40064

508 300-605R 23/02/1989 N14065

509 300-605R 28/02/1989 N18066

510 300-605R 23/03/1989 N8067A wfu Roswell - back in service 05/2003

511 300-605R 06/04/1989 N14068

512 300-605R 20/04/1989 N33069

513 300-605R 27/04/1989 N90070

514 300-605R 23/05/1989 N25071

515 300-605R 01/06/1989 N70072

516 300-605R 15/06/1989 N70073

517 300-605R 28/06/1989 N70074

606 300-622R 23/05/1991 N3075A

610 300-622R 11/07/1991 N7076A

612 300-605R 29/08/1991 N14077

615 300-622R 27/09/1991 N34078

619 300-605R 09/12/1991 N70079

626 300-622R 08/04/1992 N77080

639 300-605R 24/07/1992 N59081

643 300-625R 11/09/1992 N7082A

645 300-605R 02/10/1992 N7083A

675 300-605R 19/02/1993 N80084

dudewannabe

huh?????

confused.

767pilot

767's. According to him, no 777's and a total of 19 747-400's through 2019 or so.

767pilot

Besides an obvious gender confusion based on your photo, what aren't you getting?

skatergeek

I've heard stories about how the only way you can get hired at UPS is to have about three letters of rec from actual UPS pilots...is that true? Also, what are competitive times for UPS?

767pilot

I don't think that is true, but it couldn't hurt. You are selected for an interview by a random process, after that recommendations help

Brown

I was hired last year and I did not have a single letter of rec. As a matter of fact, the majority of guys in my class didn't have a rec. either. Some did, but most did not. FWIW

skatergeek

well thats good...I've just heard that about UPS and FEDEX...

Sideshow Bob

Yeah, the medium and heavy lift deficit is troublesome. The popular number of -400's bantered around before the current economic collapse <tic> was around 40. Then I heard no more after the 13 or so confirmed until the sun does indeed rise in the east and now 19. It would be nice to see an additional 30+ 767's in the short/mid-term (beyond those already announced) as well as another 15-20+ heavy lifters. The lack of short term additional -400's may give some credence to the Transmile MD rumor which seems to have gone into recession. Or maybe DHL will be handling all of our international lift from now on.