Plus no bleed air. Using electrical air compression *might* be less harmful to one's health.

I miss the "Perfumed Ester" of the CV-880, hack, hack......cough.:eek:

Nothing like the dirty gym sock smell of the 727.

CTE to football players has been proven. We subject ourselves to a multitude of threats in a career.

Aren't you guys getting the 350? It looks nicer than the 787..doubt it will be doing much if any domestic? Just curious why Delta bought a bunch of those if their business plan is to retract (give away to JV) international flying?

They bought the aircraft because the JV they hoped to set up with China was planned to end up with 15 to 16 flights a day on Delta metal to China modeled after the AMS hub. That JV has so far not worked out so the forcus has shifted to Korea. The A330-900 is 50 million cheaper than the A350. A350 orders are being cutback to only 15. The A330-900 will be the big fleet.

When do they start arriving? Looks like 2019.

Any idea if they will be moved up in light of the deferred 350s?

At the flight ops road show they said deliveries will start when the 350 orders are complete and the 10 deferred A350 deliveries would start when the 25 A330-900 deliveries are done. I got the impression however that unless there is a range specific need those orders might change to more A330's. They emphasized they are 50 million less per copy.

Uses 737 nosewheel?

Probably same overhead too :D