Do you honestly believe the A321neo will have the performance of the 757? Take a look at the approach speeds as a starter. It’s not going to be as capable. It will however be vastly cheaper to operate.

 

No one currently makes a gearbox that can take that kind of thrust. I am sure one is coming soon but we are not there yet.

 

Yup....its entertaining in the same of way my winning the lotto and buying a Ford gt40 with a Gurney blister

 

Keep in mind also that the 321 NEO’s brake system is not that of the 321 CEO. It is an entirely new revamped system and works quite well, this has always been a lackluster system on the CEO. I have landed several times in DCA with the 321 NEO and have never even seen the temps in the orange, this is without brake fans even being on. Its an awesome machine, the NEO will climb right up to 350 with 185 passengers on a transcon and the burn between 2700-2800 Lbs/h per side at cruise. It is so quite that you could go without a headset the entire flight from takeoff to touchdown. We operate the LEAP 1 engine and have been told that it can take up to 5 minuets to start the engine. I have never experienced this, however it does do a lot more motoring though, start times range from 1-3 minuets or so I would say. I wish the “new Alaskan Airways” would get their heads out somewhere and place an order like you guys did. What type engines are you getting with your order?

 

Pratt GTFs

 

I've been flying the bus at US and AA for 15 years and don't ever remember taking a weight hit like that, especially to LA. Got a flight number and date?

 

I don’t know much about the pw gtf engines, but I’ve definitely seen close to 5minutes to start the leap 1-a on a quick turn on a warm day.

 

aa1876 05jan

 

Maybe it had an mco?

 

I guess it's too far back to pull up the flight plan. I'd like to see the reason.

In the last year or so I've seen some strange weight restrictions. The 321 sometimes runs into balance issues with lighter loads, and the load system doesn't allow a restriction for balance(didn't, I haven't seen it in a while), so the load planner would put a weight restriction on it instead. I've had to intervene to let folks know we really didn't have an issue. I recently had a restriction eastbound because the dispatcher was planning way too much fuel.

We rarely have a weight issue on the 321 transcon from CLT. The 320 is the one we have issues with. Sorry you had a problem.

But back to your initial point-the 321 is no 757. It does a lot of what the 757 can do, and much cheaper, but there are compromises. I say that it has a great smooth ride detector, it always seems to be 500' above recommended max alt!