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169todepot 01-17-2026 03:28 PM


Originally Posted by ShegotheD (Post 3993485)
The next 60 days are crucial. Management will be going to Washington next week for a meeting with BA. If they don't receive the news they want, there are 7,757s sitting in short-term storage that will require extensive heavy checks. If we don't get the desired outcome, those 757s will be approved for heavy checks and returned to service. In an ideal scenario, we expect to receive 18 MAX10s by the end of 2027, assuming they can overcome the HUD hurdle.

Or we get the 757’s back and get the Max’s too. Seems like the wrong time to be retiring anything.

iLikeMoose 01-17-2026 04:56 PM

Are we really gonna delay the airplanes for the HUDs? Maybe it wont matter, since by next quarter the date will have shifted from Q1 2027 to Q2 2027.

PNWFlyer 01-17-2026 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by Gone Flying (Post 3993045)
just the FO side?

also who thought a touchscreen was a good idea?

the people who buy airplanes. The touch screens are significantly lighter. And they work in turbulence just like you iPhone does.

ShegotheD 01-18-2026 04:56 AM


Originally Posted by 169todepot (Post 3993532)
Or we get the 757’s back and get the Max’s too. Seems like the wrong time to be retiring anything.

One of the big drivers for the 75/76 fleet is the lack of NPS rating and efficiency. We all know Delta is an NPS-driven airline.

iaflyer 01-18-2026 07:52 AM


Originally Posted by ShegotheD (Post 3993636)
One of the big drivers for the 75/76 fleet is the lack of NPS rating and efficiency. We all know Delta is an NPS-driven airline.

The last two times I parked next to a 757 at the gate, one kept being delayed for MX, three mechanics were in the wheel wells wiping something down and trying to fix something. The other was delayed 7 (!) hours... I bet those customers did not rate us highly..

Hotel Kilo 01-18-2026 07:56 AM


Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 3993700)
The last two times I parked next to a 757 at the gate, one kept being delayed for MX, three mechanics were in the wheel wells wiping something down and trying to fix something. The other was delayed 7 (!) hours... I bet those customers did not rate us highly..

Well they're not too happy about NEOs turning around or diverting for fume events either. I mean if we're going to play that game. Had a delay on a 350 not long ago due to a bad flight control computer. ECAM proc didn't clear it. Back to the gate and a 22 hour delay. It happens out there and not just to the 75s

Cruz5350 01-18-2026 08:05 AM


Originally Posted by Avgeek7248 (Post 3993386)
Interesting I was at AS and found the opposite. The straight wing 900’s flew nicer then the 9ER’s albeit the yoke was as loose as a 1960 Chevy pickup. The MAX was the tightest from my experience as well as everyone I talked to on the line and training department. The -700 was everyone’s favorite particularly the freighters. I always could notice a difference going between a 9ER and the 9. Even with trips where’d you’d fly almost every variant. Maybe it’s placebo but from everyone I talked to while I was there they seemed to come to the same conclusion.

I loved my time in the -700’s and bet the Max7 will be great. I hated the -800, I felt the yoke was noticeably heavier in pitch than a -900/Max9. Never could figure out why but every trip that I had in it the AP would be used more often.

gloopy 01-18-2026 09:26 AM


Originally Posted by PNWFlyer (Post 3993576)
The touch screens…work in turbulence just like you iPhone does.

what does that mean?

notEnuf 01-18-2026 11:11 AM


Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 3993733)
what does that mean?

He must have meant iPad.

PNWFlyer 01-18-2026 01:38 PM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 3993759)
He must have meant iPad.

iPad iPhone they have touch screens and they work in turbulence. You don’t need raised buttons. They are only doing one until they have enough screens to replace them all. also, where is this HUD delay rumor coming from? Certainly not coming from Collins.


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