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03-01-2011 | 05:39 PM

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Swedish Blender

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"International logistics firm FedEx Express has unveiled its latest Boeing 777 Freighter, part of an order that could see the Memphis-based carrier operate as many as 55 of the type."

FedEx could take up to 55 777Fs

03-01-2011 | 05:43 PM

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From: B777 Captain

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Originally Posted by Fresh Hot Pizza

eventually we will dispose of that toilet-fish md-11/md-10, and replace it with the far better boeing product! That pile of crap has killed people since 1973, it was a rush job by a marginal company, and it keeps recycling itself. bye bye MD, hello beer can!

Sounds like someone has been hanging out with a Boeing marketing person.

03-01-2011 | 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ptarmigan

Sounds like someone has been hanging out with a Boeing marketing person.

Or hanging out in an opium den/bath house...

03-01-2011 | 07:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fresh Hot Pizza

Gcsass- pilots start rumors somttimes just to see how long it takes for the rumor to get back to them. i think that the company looks at evrything. they have analists up the rear, and they need something for them to do [biggest jobs program in Memphrica], and these people have probably considered putting the 777 in HK. It doesn't make sense in that theater, since we need the 777 to go back and forth from china with huge loads and 2/3's the gas of an md-11. eventually we will dispose of that toilet-fish md-11/md-10, and replace it with the far better boeing product! That pile of crap has killed people since 1973, it was a rush job by a marginal company, and it keeps recycling itself. bye bye MD, hello beer can!

Heard this from non line type guys as well.....the kind of folks who don't just sit around and invent stories. That being said, it may all be a pipe dream. I do believe that it makes sense though. MEM guy flies from MEM to CDG and MEM to HKG. HKG guy takes the plane from HKG (or CAN) to CDG or BOM or DXB or wherever. MEM guys fly it back to Memphis. If you think about our company on a global basis and the fact that the economic future of our planet lies (most probably) in Asia and India......it doesn't sound that far fetched.... at least not to this TN Public School grad.

03-01-2011 | 10:32 PM

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sprucie

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Originally Posted by MeXC

Or hanging out in an opium den/bath house...

Or with Charlie Sheen.......couldn't resist.

03-01-2011 | 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitefrater

Some misspellings are just too good to ignore... or was it Freudian?
Did you mean analyst?

Now that's funny!

Thank's NF, you've made my day.
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03-02-2011 | 06:57 AM

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I heard the same rumor. If you look at the 777 bid pack there is lots of intra-asia flying.. If one pilot goes down in field then there is no way to get replacement in less than three days. If you had crews in HKG then you could easily cover flights.

03-02-2011 | 07:14 AM

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From: B777 FO FDX, C130 ANG

If this TA passes get your chopsticks out because we are heading to Asia on the cheap. That is the future regardless, but we need to make it worth our while.

Just my $.02 observation.