BobZ

Merry Christmas Scoop....best wishes for the new year.

I have just ordered a typically offensive and culturally appropriating nametag for the new year.

It reads...... 'El Jefe' de Verde'.....lol!

forgot to bid

Really it's the only way to go. We'll already have a fleet of nearly 450 A320s/319s/321s (mostly 321s) plus 350s and 330s. Just go all in.

Airbus can just say, "we tried."

And then you can have them before the C-Series would have been ready.

I say this because a bunch of reasons but I walked into the sim the other night, it's small. I know it's a smaller plane but 319 is same cockpit for 2 dozen more seats. And the screens are pretty and all but its not as spectacular as the 350 right across from it.

Planetrain

I don't know. The one in the picture was obviously made on a Friday. Look! They can't even get the air refueling drouge to reel-in before landing.

BobZ

Thats the HF antenna.

Or maybe like kites the tail to stop it from spinning.

forgot to bid

That line will even extend to the ground so that eventually we can tell atc "sorry, I was on the land line."

Mesabah

Can they attach a Skymiles Credit Card banner to it?

badflaps

Curb feeler........

David Puddy

You're entitled to your opinion. For me, while there are some innovations, much of the 350 cockpit is a rehash of the earlier Airbuses. Clearly that is done in order to allow for familiarization and cross flying between fleets. In Asia, pilots fly both the 330 and 350 at some airlines.

Meanwhile, the ProLine Fusion on the CSeries is truly innovative in comparison. Better use of color, decluttered PFD so that you can focus better, much better Nav displays, more intuitive menus, etc. Too bad Delta will likely not take advantage of the HUDs - you should see the phenomenal things they do with the HUD on the Global 6000 (incorporated with the PL Fusion). At the same time, fancy bells and whistles don't pay the bills - I get that....

I don't think Airbus has a single order for the A319 NEO. The CASM still trails the CS100 CASM and the product is undifferentiated and boring. I know we have discussed this before, but I think Delta's Marketing department recognizes the CS100 as an opportunity to present something new and fresh to the business traveling community. SWISS has seen a lot of very positive feedback so far.

And some good news for the CSeries program:

https://worldairlinenews.com/2017/12/23/korean-air-becomes-the-third-operator-of-the-bombardier-cs300/

Dodo

Oh, but having FLIR behind a HUD while being able to glance down at synthetic vision as a backup is really the way to go. But Delta would never spring for that. Safety is a relative term.

David Puddy

Agreed. That's too bad. The integrated HUD with synthetic vision is BAD A$$. On the downside, it would create HUD cripples among pilots who would never want to leave it...